April 17, 2022

Marie Bortolotto 2022


This way and that way,
I tried to keep the pail together
hoping the weak bamboo would never break
but suddenly the bottom fell out
no more water,
no more moon in the water,
and emptiness in my hand!

- Chiyono, Zen Buddhist Nun, Japan 13th c.





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April 1, 2022

Marie Bortolotto 2022


Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house.

~ Izumi Shikibu, Japanese Buddhist Poetess, 11th c.
(Women in Praise of the Sacred, trans. by Jane Hirschfield
& Martha Atatani)





 


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