
monochrome monday


“Are you ever mean to yourself, Big Panda?”
Big Panda watched the ripples spread across the lake.
“I see how gentle you are, Tiny Dragon,
and try to treat myself with the same kindness.”*

“cited: James Norbury, Big Panda and Tiny Dragon

A valley and above it forests in autumn colors.
A voyager arrives, a map leads him there.
Or perhaps memory. Once long ago in the sun,
When snow first fell, riding this way
He felt joy, strong, without reason,
Joy of the eyes. Everything was the rhythm
Of shifting trees, of a bird in flight,
Of a train on the viaduct, a feast in motion.
He returns years later, has no demands.
He wants only one, most precious thing:
To see, purely and simply, without name,
Without expectations, fears, or hopes,
At the edge where there is no I or not-I. ~Czeslaw Milosz*

*cited: Trans. Robert Haas. Poetry-Chaikhana.com Sacred Poetry from Around the World
delightful, the view
from the gate in the long night…
all four directions ~Issa*

*cited: haikuguy.com

submitted for Leanne’s Wednesday Monochrome Madness

sunset silhouette
leaf-less branches … in the sky
an ink-line painting

where will they settle before the winter’s chill?

“We are solitary.” *

*cited: Trans: Stephen Mitchell. Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Image and citation submitted in response to Paula’s Lost in Translation WOW challenge.

submitted for Leanne’s Wednesday Monochrome Madness

submitted for Leanne’s Wednesday Monochrome Madness
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