Archive for January, 2004

The Way of the Sword

Thursday, January 15th, 2004

For the Way of the sword is
folded two;
Like the rose we have thorns,
and like the rose, we unfold.

- Ji Aoi Isshi

New Year

Thursday, January 1st, 2004

The sun rises; the sun sets.
Watch it and see.
River and moon
Pine trees and wind,
All old poems to me.
Who needs words for the New Year!

- Tao Kai