Sarah

“This autumn-
why am I growing old?
bird disappearing among clouds.”
― Basho Matsuo

“All this new stuff goes on top
turn it over, turn it over
wait and water down
from the dark bottom
turn it inside out
let it spread through
Sift down even.
Watch it sprout.

A mind like compost.”
― Gary Snyder

“Seek on high bare trails
Sky-reflecting violets...
Mountain-top jewels”
― Bashō, Japanese Haiku

“It was May before my
attention came
to spring and

my word I said
to the southern slopes
I've

missed it, it
came and went before
I got right to see:

don't worry, said the mountain,
try the later northern slopes
or if

you can climb, climb
into spring: but
said the mountain

it's not that way
with all things, some
that go are gone”
― A.R. Ammons, The Selected Poems