Autumn Painting. Koun Tsukioka

Koun Tsukioka, Sea Water Dance, c 1900

Here's my story;
winter's come;
sad stag roars;
summer's gone;

High cold wind;
low cold sun;
swelling seas;
strongly run;

Rust red fern;
in disguise;
speckled goose
croaks and cries;

Birds don't sing
songs of glory;
Ice wrapped wings;
That's my story.

(Anonymous, Early Irish Poetry)