Summer Solstice Zen Poems:

even if you consume as many books
as the sands of the ganges
it is not as good as catching
one verse of zen
if you want to know a secret
here it is: 
everything is in the heart

- Ryokan (1758 - 1831)

 

red light pause
a billboard tells us:

the present is a gift

- © M. Bortolotto 2026


summer tigers

tight green buds

burst into flames


- © M. Bortolotto 2026
 

Marie Bortolotto Artist