When I saw that clumsy crow
Flap from a wasted tree,
A shape in the mind rose up:
Over the gulfs of dream
Flew a tremendous bird
Further and further away
Into a moonless black,
Deep in the brain, far back.
Cool poem, thank you. I quoted it with a link to this page yesterday in a post about crows in my blog about Japanese culture and martial arts. The post was translated into Spanish and German. The addresses are:
Hello, Niall. I enjoyed your post on crows. They are endlessly fascinating experiences for me. (The original Zatoichi films have been highly recommended by a dear friend so I intend to see them one day.) I also admired your poem, “moon on the water.” Thanks for visiting and commenting. Very glad to be aware of AikiWeb. I’ll visit often! ~ Donna
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Cool poem, thank you. I quoted it with a link to this page yesterday in a post about crows in my blog about Japanese culture and martial arts. The post was translated into Spanish and German. The addresses are:
http://www.aikiweb.com/blogs/moon-in-the-water-19051/crow-4294/
http://entrenandoaikido.blogspot.com/2011/09/cuervo.html
http://wirtrainierenaikido.blogspot.com/2011/09/krahe.html
Thanks. Regards, Niall
Hello, Niall. I enjoyed your post on crows. They are endlessly fascinating experiences for me. (The original Zatoichi films have been highly recommended by a dear friend so I intend to see them one day.) I also admired your poem, “moon on the water.” Thanks for visiting and commenting. Very glad to be aware of AikiWeb. I’ll visit often! ~ Donna
Hi Donna. Thank you very much for the nice comment. I’m putting a poem of the week on my blog as well as a post about aikido and Japanese culture.
http://mooninthewater.net/poemoftheweek/2011/12/22/je-est-un-autre-by-lawrence-durrell/
Regards, Niall
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