BC18. Does God see us?
Creation runs downriver,
waves of vision
endlessly rolling
galaxies and charm
quarks, sun and grass,
Adam and Spider Woman...
We’re sitting on the riverbank,
abstracted,
building castles
in the sediment
—when tripping, falling in
the stream, we see
the sight of owls,
or some such prophecy.
~Son Rivers 2005
A PASSING MOMENT
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This is my rather loose translation of a hokku by Ōemaru, who lived into
the first five years of the 19th century. For a moment,Autumn seen on the
hillsAt ...
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