Month: January 2004

  • The Way of the Sword

    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

    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