| 大木を見上げて祈る南無阿弥陀 praying in front of the tallest tree namu amida butsu  |
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The Amida Prayer and Haiku
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ReplyDeleteto the gods than I
tallest tree
its roots
deeper than mine
tallest tree
around its trunk
a myriad ant trails
tallest tree
if it falls
who will hear the sound?
... tallest tree
tallest tree ...
I cannot hear
its murmurings
summer sky
even the tallest tree
scatters its seeds
Poetic theme you've started here, Gabi. My husband and I have been taking regular walks lately, and I'm learning to identify the trees and birds in "my area of the woods".
Ella Wagemakers
www.ewchameleon.com
懐かしい風景ですね。お店は出ていますか？
ReplyDelete作雄
the world’s tallest tree-
ReplyDeletein the scattered pinecones,
such tiny seeds
Here’s an interesting fact: The tallest living tree today is the Mendocino Tree, a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) found at Montgomery State Reserve near Ukiah, California, USA. It is 115.5 meters tall, still growing, and about 600 years old. That’s not very old for a redwood tree. There is one in Sequoia National Park, California, USA, over 3,000 years old, which is the world’s largest tree in volume.
Hyperion
The world’s oldest known tree, 4789 years old, is a bristlecone pine named Methuselah, It, too, lives in California.
Methuselah
Billie Dee
(who also lives in California)
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