Marie Bortolotto 2022

A thatch hut in blue mountains beside a green stream
after so many years visits are now up to me
a few peach and plum trees blooming red and white
a green and yellow field of vegetables and wheat
all night I sit in bed listening to rain
when it clears I open the window and doze off watching clouds
nothing in life is better than being free
but getting free isn’t luck

Shiwu Qingqong 1272 - 1352
The Mountain Poem of Stonehouse
Translated by Red Pine/Bill Porter