MORNING WINTER FIRE

 

 

February 

SNOW MOON

...As the moon hangs, a lantern on the peak...

Jakushitsu Genko

from Sandia foothills

 

from Spiral Mesa

Winter Moon

Opening the window at midnight, the night air cold,

Garden and roof gleaming white,

I go to the veranda, stretch out my hand to scoop up 

some snow-

Didn't I know that moonlight won't make a ball?

Kokan Shiren

 

Watching the moon go down

Set now,

and I too will go below

the rim of the hill-

so night after night

let us keep company

Myoe