Walking Through Myoshin-ji
Straight stone walks
up lanes between mud walls
...the sailors who handled the ships
from Korea and China,
the carpenters, chisel like razors,
young monks working on mu,
and the pine trees
that surrounded this city.
the Ancient Ones, each one
anonymous.
green needles,
lumber
ash.
VII, 81, Kyoto
from POEMS BY GARY SNYDER
Axe Handles
Posts
