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Monday, June 09, 2008

Hibiscus on a windy day



"...this dreamed sleight-of-hand
scatters away in a flash..."

From "Inaugurating the Sangha's New Monastery at Stone-Screen Cliff" by Hsieh Ling-Yun
Translated by David Hinton

3 comments:

Squirrel said...

I could see this flower in someone's long dark hair. Beautiful. I never noticed the ridges before.

Pedro said...

Rosae sinensis. Better on this photo than on a natural view.

Laurie Brandriet Keller said...

Very nice!