Talk to the trees

Nun
by Rengetsu-ni (1790-1875)
translated by Graeme Wilson

In this lonely mountain-village
It has become my way
To listen only to the voices of trees
So that, today,
I am lonely only when the wind drops
And the trees have nothing to say.

Without intending to insult, Rengetsu-ni, it is inescapable that I think about The Smothers Brothers and I Talk to the Trees.


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