Here’s a picture of a rock I often visit, which featured in the Foreword to Seasons of the Gods.
To a mountain god’s stone …
Our thanks for this harvest
Of poems
And fungi and nuts.
山の神なる岩へ…
我々の感謝を捧ぐ
詩と茸と木の実なる
贈り物に
(Ryûsôiwa, Mt. Ogura, Kyoto, 11.11.07)
