Welcome. What you will find here will be my random thoughts and reactions to various books I have read, films I have watched, and music I have listened to. In addition I may (or may not as the spirit moves me) comment about the fantasy world we call reality, which is far stranger than fiction.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
A Minute Meditation
"keep in mind the tailorbird at home on a single branch"
Han Shan (Cold Mountain)
from The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
Red Pine, translator and editor
a nice comment on the ultimate aloneness common to all; on the other hand:
ReplyDeletea pair of pigeons
in a mist of spring rain
shoulder to shoulder
Anton Gerits
Mudpuddle,
ReplyDeleteInteresting comment and thanks for the haiku.
It is interesting just how much 11 words can actually say.
ReplyDeleteBrian Joseph,
DeleteThat's probably the source of pleasure so many, including me, get from reading haiku.
R.T.,
ReplyDeleteMy POV differs because I see the two lines in the context of the complete poem.
The tailorbird is HOME on a single branch. Should it need more?