The colors of the flowers fade
as the long rain fall,
as lost in thought,
I grow older.
~Ono no Komachi*
*cited:
Women Poets of Japan
Trans: K Rexroth & I Atsumi
long exposure photography
weekly photo challenge: beneath your feet
the rivers have
an ancient darkness…
cuckoo
~Issa*
Cache La Poudre River’s rocks…inspired by Cheri’s photo challenge: Beneath Your Feet
*cited:
monochrome madness 2-18
the rivers have
an ancient darkness…
cuckoo
~Issa*
big thompson
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Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness
cited:
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
*cited:
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
*cited:
The Ink Dark Moon
J Hirshfield & M Aratani
a meditative journey 
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