To what shall
I liken the world?
Moonlight, reflected
In dewdrops,
Shaken from a crane's bill.
~ Dogen
from The Zen Poetry of Dogen
12 hours ago
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
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2 comments:
i found you quite by accident, if there are such things, looking for an on-line copy of jack gilbert's music is in the piano. and so thank you for that. but upon finding you by accident, i now mean to keep you. what a beautiful gift of a place.
are these your photographs?
xo
erin
thanks erin, glad you enjoy what's here. the photos and art are not mine, just things found and appreciated.
dean
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