The Trillium flower is associated with purity. With a root similar to ginseng, trillium is facing an endangered future. It grows less and less frequently in our rich, dark, and damp woods and rain forests. But it grows here, in our woods, where the Earth energies are still alive and accessible. We have even…
Read More
Within Reach
1. Hosomi--Slenderness left me to woo the moon --first firefly . . . 2. Shibumi --Astringency they grow lean; fireflies learning of love 3. Yugen ––Beauty suffused with ineffable mystery these shooting stars! even fireflies are watching 4. Transcendence without regret ––at once every firefly! …
Read More
17 Moons
1. Allusion still new; Basho’s moon, Issa’s dew 2. Hosomi ––Slenderness in and out the window and the bed this lover moon 3. Yugen ––Beauty suffused with ineffable mystery every leaf renewed–– the moon reaching into the pine 4. Kogo kizoku ––Awakening to the High,…
Read More
Seventeen Turns
1. Hosomi ––Slenderness the vine finds itself, ties a knot 2. Shibumi ––Astringency the green gone only your searching remains old vine 3. Fuga no makoto ––Poetic Truth the vine needs the tree to rise 4. Yugen ––Beauty suffused with ineffable mystery halfway…
Read More