I'm happy through and through 

upon a throne

of frost.

Rifu 

1762

Japanese Death Poems

                                                            Cold morning winter sun
 

Oh sacred spirit

let us set out

for the western skies.

Hokuso 1790

from Japanese Death Poems

My view of the last of five super moons in a row
as I climb Bear Canyon Trail this morning.
Beaver super moon setting over Albuquerque 

 

Since time began

the dead alone know peace.

life is but melting snow.

Nandi (1817)

Snow covered mountain and remnants of a brief but golden fall

View from Tamaya, Santa Ana Pueblo resort north of Bernalillo