heavy rain – shaded by cherry blossoms I wait Kobayashi Issa He’s waiting in the garden by the cherry tree he planted, taking shelter from the rain beneath its blossom-heavy boughs. White gravel fans around his feet like ripples on the surface of a pond. He smiles. A drop of water trickles down his neck. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sensual’
August
The distant hills, patched dusty green and gold, Dissolve and ripple in the evening haze, And rivers trace a winding azure web Through sunlit fields where lazy cattle graze. Just here, knee deep in waving meadow grass, The sinking sun still warm against my cheek, A sighing ash disturbs the heavy hush. My heart stands [...]
