A tree of your choice can be seen on the ridge to the southwest, backlit by the dawn’s moonset.
[daily log: walking, 2.5km]
Day: February 11, 2020
Caveat: back into clay
A Friend Hey! With the clay you dug out I fashioned a buddha. It rained. The buddha turned back into clay. Pointless as the clear skies after rain. - Ko Un (Korean poet, b. 1933)
I wish I had the Korean version, since this is a translation of the Korean. But this collection doesn’t have it and I can’t find it online.
Caveat: Poem #1290 “Seek silence”
You tire quickly of such talk - you get doubts. You're on the outs, tend to balk. Take a walk.
– an englyn cil-dwrn