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by Robert E. Wood
Edo: the Seasons
After the Printmakers
Yoshiwara
cherry blossoms
drift in the wind.
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A sudden rain
sends travelers
to the teahouse.
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Red maple leaves
on pilgrimage
wander dark streams.
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Under fresh snow
the mountain hut
awaits new fires.
Li Po Admiring the Waterfall at Lo-Shan
Hokusai
He would ascend the waterfall
like a carp if his acolytes released him.
We see no beginning or end
to this column of water that might
hold up the sky. Li Po could be
an arrow fitted to the bowed pine
over his head. Beneath his feet
we may suppose the slant slope
treacherous. The precipice
allows his contemplation.
He waits for night, the river,
the long fall into the moon. |