
minimalism
winter II

Nikon D750 f/7.1 1/500s 122mm ISO 160
wpc: weathered
Not for stilts
but as a cane
bamboo serves me now,
I who call to mind
the games of childhood.
~Saigyo (B Watson, Poems of a Mountain Home)
winter

Nikon D750 f/7.1 1/250 300 mm ISO 160
silent sunday

portraiture

Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/320 s 300 mm IS0 100
the last embrace

wandering
A stick of incense stands by my pillow.
When the lantern dims, I pour some oil.
I add more clothes as the night deepens.
If you don’t mind my bare hospitality,
please keep wandering in.
~Ryokan (K Tanahashi, Sky Above, Great Wind)

winter leaves
The leaves of the bush clover rustle in the wind.
I, not a leaf,
watched you without a sound.
You may have thought I paid no attention.
~Kenrei Mon-in*

*cited:
Women Poets of Japan
K Rexroth & I Atsumi
a single leaf
a single leaf falls
then suddenly another,
stolen by the breeze
~Ransetsu

thursday’s special: minimalism

Image submitted in response to Paula’s Thursday’s Special.

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