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Andō, Hiroshige, Artist. Zoushigaya Fujimi Chaya. Japan: Tsutaya Kichiz". Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, |
Kyoto: March
BY GARY SNYDER
A few
light flakes of snow
Fall in
the feeble sun;
Birds
sing in the cold,
A warbler
by the wall. The plum
Buds
tight and chill soon bloom.
The moon
begins first
Fourth, a
faint slice west
At
nightfall. Jupiter half-way
High at
the end of night-
Meditation.
The dove cry
Twangs
like a bow.
At dawn
Mt. Hiei dusted white
On top;
in the clear air
Folds of
all the gullied green
Hills
around the town are sharp,
Breath
stings. Beneath the roofs
Of frosty
houses
Lovers
part, from tangle warm
Of gentle
bodies under quilt
And crack
the icy water to the face
And wake
and feed the children
And
grandchildren that they love.
Snyder,Gary.“Kyoto: March by Gary Snyder.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50613/kyoto-march.
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| a forsythia dons a yellow rain slicker rain giggles and runs |
Every part is like a sigh of peace, Linda. This, and this, I give it to you. Love that "yellow rain slicker"! Happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely ode to March.
ReplyDeleteyour haiku made me smile, Linda. I loved the image of the yellow rain slicker.
ReplyDeleteSuch a charming forsythia haiku, Linda!! Love it, and enjoyed the Gary Snyder fix today too. :)
ReplyDelete"A few light flakes of snow
ReplyDeleteFall in the feeble sun;
Birds sing in the cold"
This is exactly what today was like here. I love your forsythia haiku. The buds of mine are still bundled up tight. Thank you for a little glimpse of spring!
I'll always have your poem in mind when I see forsythia blossoms. Double pleasure now! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLove that giggling rain!
ReplyDelete(And your Poetry Month project is all KINDS of awesome! WOW!)
I just love the specific details in the Gary Snyder poem, and yours is wonderful, too - "rain slicker" is perfect.
ReplyDeleteOh I miss Kyoto - this makes me want to go back so much! I've never visited in the spring - each of my trips has been in autumn and winter, but she's a beautiful city all the year round.
ReplyDeleteI love both of these poems, Linda! They're very different of course, but they both sing their own strains of spring joy.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the poems! Love the art and especially the forsythia and how the "rain giggles and runs," for I so want the spring and color to come.
ReplyDeleteThe illustration is such a great lead-in to the poem, Linda. agree with those who enjoyed the description, "yellow rain slicker". I also liked your use of personification.
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