"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Friday, October 17, 2008
Winter's Approach
Years ago I came to a place Where it is the rare leaf that falls As winter slips along the coast We stay green We become greener yet As the rains rush off the sea Winter here is lush, cold, gray, green, and Approaching
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