Monday, October 15, 2012

Quiet Days

Drizzle; snow on the mountain, a quiet day reading The Ink Dark Moon, Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan and the latest Jack Reacher thriller by Lee Child. Lovely combination. One of the poems by Izumi Shikibu is perfect for the day.

All the flowers 
have fallen in this wind
blowing through the night.
What will there be
for consolation tomorrow?

[Translated by Jane Hirshfield with Mariko Aratani]


Frost on the grasses

10 comments:

  1. Oh, that lovely defiant touch of green!

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    1. Thanks Olga, great way of putting it, I love it." lovely defiant touch of green"

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  2. I love the lines that grass make for us...

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    1. Me too Leslie, and the frost just emphasizes the lines. Not so attractive when they thaw and there is a sodden mess, but i still hate cutting them back.

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    1. Thanks Susan, lovely when frost does the work for you and I get to take the photos.

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  4. Beautiful poetry.....lines.....textures. A gentle feast.

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    1. Thanks Munira, this poet lived 974-1034 approx. How lovely that her words still resonate today.

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    1. Thanks Rosie, as Olga said it's the defiant corner,I have a few of them myself.

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