<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p>Kyoto: March</p><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">A few light flakes of snow</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">Fall in the feeble sun;</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">Birds sing in the cold,</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">A warbler by the wall. The plum</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">Buds tight and chill soon bloom.</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">The moon begins first</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">Fourth, a faint slice west</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">At nightfall. Jupiter half-way</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">High at the end of night-</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">Meditation. The dove cry</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">Twangs like a bow.</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">At dawn Mt. Hiei dusted white</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">On top; in the clear air</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">Folds of all the gullied green</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">Hills around the town are sharp,</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">Breath stings. Beneath the roofs</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">Of frosty houses</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">Lovers part, from tangle warm</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">Of gentle bodies under quilt</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">And crack the icy water to the face</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">And wake and feed the children</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; ">And grandchildren that they love.</div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; "><br></div><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> - Gary Snyder </span></div><div><br></div></body></html>