Sunday, May 16, 2010



Bankers' crisis --
eight-petalled anemone
blooming it's best


Reminded me the following waka:

The eight-petalled cherries
From the Nara capital
Of the ancient past
Today nine layers thick
Have bloomed within our court!


(Ise no Tayuu, tr. by Joshua S. Mostow from
PICTURES OF THE HEART
The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image,
Honolulu 1996.)

ps.
(Bankers crisis; The Creeks lived beyond one's means, now the other European countries are helping them, also Finland.)

2 comments:

Magyar said...

sea cricis
each wave blooms of crude
the cost

Gillena Cox said...

soft to touch
the petals
blooming white


much love
gillena