Of Petals and Poets Kyoto Spring The waka poets weighted the cherry petals with sad sentiment … Nonetheless they sail the air as if unburdened with care. Andrew Lansdown Nothing i A segmented tube of nothingness—and yet how beautiful, bamboo. ii Very Japanese, bamboo—except your wrapping has nothing in it! iii Exclaiming katsu! the monk found nothing hiding inside the bamboo. Andrew Lansdown Wasp and Water The wasp that blitzed the panting bird about to bathe in the bamboo- shaded birdbath has settled in the bird’s…
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