The Kyoto Mirror Pond Poems
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Ugi River Fireflies (Hotaru nō hikari: Firefly Glow) Kami of dead samurai Swarm as fireflies in Ugi’s sky Winking in June’s summer night, Poised in the reeds for sudden flight; Sparks cast from the FORGE OF BEING, Screeing o’er the BRIDGE OF SEEING, To the HIGHER PLANES OF MEANING; Hobbled by hard karmic choices; Seduced by MAYA’s SIREN VOICES; Soaring again HOME TO THE LIGHT.
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The Kyoto Mirror Pond Poems is Dwight Cavanagh's third and final volume of the Kyoto Poems trilogy, following The Tao Poems (2006) and The Kannon Poems (2011). Accompanied by the author's own collection of Japanese woodblock prints, the poems explore themes of love, loss, art, and death.