unclassified

out of the depths of the willow

Sweet and sad

like love overwhelmed

with long sighs,

out of the depths of the willow

little by little

the moon appears.

                               ~Tosano Akiko*

5.1 mm f/9.1 1/30 sec ISO 80
6 mm f/8.5 1/20 sec ISO 80

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Women Poets of Japan

K Rexroth & I Atsumi

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

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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*

spring creek trail
blossoms
spring creek
spring
transition

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Women in Praise of the Sacred

J Hirshfield

weekly photo challenge: humanity

“Humanity needs to weep and this is the time to weep…

Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps we can speak of a third war, one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction…

War is irrational: its only plan is to bring destruction: it seeks to grow by destroying…

Greed, intolerance, the lust for power. These motives underline the decision to go to war and they are too often justified by an ideology.”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Pope Francis*

weeklyphotochallengehumanity

 Visit The Daily Post to view additional images or participate in THIRDEYEMON’s challenge: share what humanity means to you.

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AJELive@AJELive

“Humanity needs to weep and this is the time to weep.” – Pope Francis

talks of ‘third war”aje.me/Xca007