floating

This body

grown fragile, floating,

a reed cut from its roots…

If a stream would ask me

to follow, I’d go, I think.

                               ~Ono No Komachi*

Horsetooth Reservoir

Horsetooth Reservoir

*cited:

The Ink Dark Moon

J Hirshfield & M Aratani

in its own true nature

A fish cannot drown in water,

A bird does not fall in air.

In the fire of its making,

Gold doesn’t vanish:

The fire brightens.

Each creature God made

Must live in its own true nature;

How could I resist my nature, 

That lives for oneness with God.

                                     ~Mechtild of Magdeburg*

*cited:

Women in Praise of the Sacred

J Hirshfield

photo 101: You did it! And now get out with your camera and explore

Spring Creek Trail…a wondrous spring day…

Thank you Cheri, Michelle, Krista, Josh, and the WordPress.com Team

weekly photo challenge: ephemeral

Although the wind

blows terribly here,

the moonlight also leaks

between the roof planks

of this ruined house.

                               ~Izumi Shikibu*

light prints

light prints upon the floor

Krista’s photo challenge for this week is  Ephemeral

*cited:

The Ink Dark Moon

J. Hirshfield & M Aratani

photo 101: hone your eye

Come out to view

the truth of flowers blooming

in poverty.

                ~Basho*

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Revisiting themes during Photo 101’s weekend three as suggested by Cheri and the WordPress.com Team

*cited:

The Sound of Water

Sam Hamill