Friday, July 13, 2012

Basho traveled / To make a stone smaller

to wash off the grime of the city
to fold a song in two
to mark the places where battles were lost
and sisters turned into trees

he went to the places Saigyo went 
a stone in the river
Du Fu, Li Po, Saigyo, Basho, Kiyooka

he went to see friends (living)
he went to visit friends (long dead)
a stone takes on the shape of the river
water burrows, insistently, as hard as it can

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