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Leg-wearying

by Yamabe no Akahito

Yamabe no Akahito

Leg-wearying
Mountain cherry blossom:
Day-in-day-out
Were you to flower so
How much more would I love you?




Quotes of the Day

The saddest failures in life are those that come from not putting forth the power and will to succeed

• Edwin Whipple



Poems of the Day
  • David Lehman
    December 25
    by David Lehman
    Christmas defeated Chanukah once again last night by a margin of three billion dollars or so, but every time I hear a Yiddish word like bupkes in a movie (L.A. Confidential)