A Cottony Fate
Soon this short verse sprang free from renga and began to articulate aesthetic qualities, such as a sense of beautiful aloneness (sabishisa) and restrained elegance (furyu).
Sam Hamill • The Pocket Haiku (Shambhala Pocket Library)
“Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her,
Alone, shall come fulfilment to our dreams
And our desires.”
–Wallace Stevens, “Sunday Morning”
Alone, shall come fulfilment to our dreams
And our desires.”
–Wallace Stevens, “Sunday Morning”