Meeting Benches World art in all forms
THE WANDERER
You would at home
love in the arms
would rest, poor traveler.
Here, along the way, dissolves
on a bed of grass.
(Shotoku Taishi)
FALL FLOWERS
In the glasses of sake
plum petals float.
After drinking
with his best friend
fall well flowers …
(Otomo No Sakanoue)
A NECKLACE FOR YOU
White dew drops
plumes on cane
my garden.
I could pierce them intact.
A necklace for you.
(Otomo No Yakamochi)
