Sunday, December 1, 2019

(from the heart)



I swear
I see a demon...
billowing clouds.

--Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), Japanese poet and haiku master, written 1811, translated by David G. Lanoue

.心から鬼とも見ゆる雲の峰
Kokoro kara oni to mo mayuru kumo no mine

(Lanoue says Kokoru means literally "from the heart.")

Photo: Evening Clouds at Windridge Solitude, 2018

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