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Lovely … brings them out … thank you …

Reminds me … Canto Xiii: Kung Walked - poem by Ezra Pound

``The blossoms of the apricot blow from the east to the west, `And I have tried to keep them from falling."

And here’s a grateful wave for Li Po et al…

Pause the blossom

And the moon’s slender beginning,

Hold the sky, heaven’s reflection

At the bend of the river

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Wonderful. Thank you for sharing that less-known line from Ezra Pound. The second half of that line resonates farther, I think, than the better known "In a Station of the Metro."

And Li Po is well-timed for our own crescent moon now. So much meaning is in just three words: Pause the blossom.

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Well ... the words are fresh mint I think; it was spring and your little verse this afternoon and the moon last night, which is the way it goes if we are lucky. Old China lives of course; h/t as always. ... Thank you, I have Canto XIII open and must lift down the other book.

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