Darkness has lifted and
In the sky that is my heart
Dwells the moon–
To the western mountains’ edge
It does, perhaps, draw near.
~The Monk Saigyo*
*cited:
waka
monochrome madness: 2:21
Far away,
In a cleft between the crags
To be alone,
Careless of others’ eyes,
Sunk in thought-if only…
~The Monk Saigyo*
Visit Leanne Coles’ Monochrome Madness gallery
*cited:
http://www.temcauley.staff.shef.ac.uk
In the depths of night…I dream
How peaceful is
Every single dawn;
I gaze out, yet
Still in the depths of night
I dream…a grief, indeed.
~Princess Shokushi*
*cited:
black & white sunday
Of a mind to depart,
A bird his former nest
Will always find;
Accustomed to the blossoms
On this evening they are gone…
~The Monk Jakuren*
*cited:
blossoms in profusion
‘This all the same-
Blossoms in profusion
Everywhere;
And on every mountain’s edge
White clouds hang.
~The Monk En’i*
*cited:
on blossoms have I thought
At a loss,
To times gone past
My thoughts return;
Gloomily on blossoms have I thought,
This spring gone by.
~Princess Shokushi*
*cited:
every single trace has gone
But rarely
Did he visit-now
‘Tis all in the past, and
Since then in the garden
Every single trace has gone.
~Monk-Prince Shukaku*
iris
*cited:
countless dewdrops
all around me
countless dewdrops: what
might they portend-when
those which fall upon my sleeve
are tears…
~The Monk Saigyo
dawn dew ll
this print and others are now available through Fine Art America
cited:
as the long rain falls
the colors of the flowers fade
as the long rain falls,
as lost in thought,
I grow older
~Ono No Komachi*
cited:
Women Poets of Japan
K Rexroth & Ikuko Atsumi
a meditative journey 
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