Tuesday, November 28, 2006

lament




..."and when did it fall--
that sprinkling of wintry frost on glistening hair
as black as leopard flower seeds?
And whence did they come--
those wrinkles that settled in..."
~~Yamanoue no Okura, from A Lament For the Evanescence of Life

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

lovely photographs, the frost lining the leaf edges. brrr...must be chilly!
jsut transferred to a lap top so am having to re-instate all my links again. its nice to have wireless broadband but its a big time 'absorber' trying to transfer stuff.

4:37 p.m.  
Blogger Patry Francis said...

The frost as artist. Enjoyed my visit here today.

11:17 p.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Excellent poetry to go with the evanescent photos...memento mori.

9:49 a.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Excellent poetry to go with the evanescent photos...memento mori.

9:49 a.m.  

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