[whiteperil] Sean: Fields

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Posted by Sean:
Fields
http://whiteperil.com/posts/1216052261.shtml


   The picture is from a few weeks ago and thus (major sin in Japan) is
   no longer really seasonal, but Atsushi and I used to see the irises in
   bloom every June at the Meiji Shrine, and he was sweet enough to send
   me a few shots from when he went. Note the woman holding photographic
   equipment in the background, which is a component of just about every
   natural scene nowadays:

                              /irises2008.JPG

   I always forget my camera when I go to the park or gardens, so I don't
   have any snaps of my own from New York to post; however, it occurs to
   me that I haven't posted any poems in a good, long while.
   The one that first came to mind, it turns out, I'd [1]written about a
   few summers ago. Darn.
   Luckily, there are more where that came from. It's been something of a
   hot summer, so even though this isn't one of Saigyo's most arresting
   poems, it seems appropriate:

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     yoraretsuru / nomosenokusano / kagerohite / suzushikukumoru /
     yuudachinosora
     Saigyo Hoshi
     Enervated grass
     over the expanse of field
     is receiving shade
     as clouds slide coolly over
     the sky while dusk approaches

   Saigyo seems to sense the grass's own relief as the glaring sun begins
   to set and clouds roll in to block its light.

References

   1. http://whiteperil.com/posts/1121744753.shtml