Snow Falls Again in Autumn
Basho traveled north from his home in Edo (Tokyo) in spring 1689; his masterpiece from the 1500 mile walk is called Narrow Road to the Deep North. Another translation is Journey to the Interior.
He writes, At Hiraizumi, I remember these lines from the 8th-century Chinese poet Tu Fu: 'Countries may fall, but their rivers and mountains remain; when spring comes to the ruined castle, the grass is green again.'
There I sat weeping, unaware of the passage of time.
The summer grasses–of brave soldiers’ dreams
The aftermath
Ben Vandenbos took this photo of the wolf visiting their camp in the Lemhi Range that spring of 2024, not long before Terry’s death in the next range over.
With thanks to Tu Fu and Basho...
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Summer in the Lost River Range.
The avalanche has long melted away
There I sat weeping, unaware of the passage of time.
Snow falls again in autumn.
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The original piece from two years ago - Making Sense of the Wolf
See you next week -
Drew
