Poems

Wabi-Sabi/Zen Terms

Kigo

Additional Nature Terms

This loneliness is

not simply the result of

of autumn colors—

even mountain evergreens make

me feel like autumn evening.

—Saigyo

( Hamill & Seaton, 2004: p. 112 )

Loneliness

Autumn colors;

autumn evening

Mountain evergreens

Call it loneliness,

that deep, beautiful color

no one can describe:

over these dark mountains,

the gathering autumn dusk.

—Jakuren

( Hamill & Seaton, 2004: p. 114 )

Loneliness;

dark;

gathering autumn dusk

Autumn

Mountains

Only now I know

that power–greater than storms—

a heart-rending awe

silencing all the pines

at nightfall on the mountain.

—Emperor Fushima

( Hamill & Seaton, 2004: p. 121 )

Silencing;

nightfall

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Storms;

pines;

mountain