7/25/2007

tallest tree

  
  



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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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

closer
to 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

Unknown said...

懐かしい風景ですね。お店は出ていますか?

作雄

Billie Dee said...

the world’s tallest tree-
in 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)

kiku makura

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