Silently
time passes.
The only life I have
submits to its power. ~Hatsui Shizue*
*cited: Trans: K Rexroth and I Atsumi, The Burning Heart
life passages … 27
cameron pass
lens-artist photo challenge: layered
Ceaseless tears–clouded mind:
Bright scene–moon-shadow.
~The Sarashina Diary
(cited: Trans: AS Omori & K Doi, Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan)
Image and poem submitted in response to Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: layered
cameron pass
cloud gate
I cannot speak of
Yudono, but see how wet
My sleeve is with tears.
~Matsuo Basho, The Narrow Road to Oku (trans: Donald Keene)
Basho
The peaks of clouds
Have crumbled into fragments–
The moonlit mountain.
~Basho (Trans: D. Keene, The Narrow Road to Oku)
Cameron Pass… Nikon D750 f/7.1 1/800 80 mm 125 ISO
a meditative journey 
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