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Red clouds mirrored where the waters meet.From the red terrace -- birds returning,the encircling plains, mosaic of river isles.Inklings of spring's luxurianceas autumn's last yellows fade.
Dusk falling, and sadnessover friends. No endingto this connectedness.
Hsieh T'iao (464-499): Viewing the Three Lakes, English version by Barry Taylor, 2015
Small island in Lower Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mountains: photo by Mwanner, 2007
Panoramic View of the Seven Rila Lakes, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria: photo by Anthony Ganev, 1 July 2007; image by Fir0002, 13 October 2008
View towards four of the Seven Rila Lakes -- Dolnoto, Ribnoto, Trilistnika and Bliznaka -- in the Rila Mountains of Bulgaria: photo by Ivelin Minkov, 17 September 2006
island in Lake Vuoksa, on the Karelian Isthmus separating Russia and Finland: photo by Dmitry A. Mottl, 2009
Dusk falling, and sadness
Hsieh T'iao (464-499): Viewing the Three Lakes, English version by Barry Taylor, 2015
Small island in Lower Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mountains: photo by Mwanner, 2007
Panoramic View of the Seven Rila Lakes, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria: photo by Anthony Ganev, 1 July 2007; image by Fir0002, 13 October 2008
The first turn of the Yangtze (Changjiang = Yangzi Kiang), at Shigu, Yunnan Province: photo by Jialiang Gao, 2003
View towards four of the Seven Rila Lakes -- Dolnoto, Ribnoto, Trilistnika and Bliznaka -- in the Rila Mountains of Bulgaria: photo by Ivelin Minkov, 17 September 2006