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... Night Thoughts While Traveling " : Slender grasses , A breeze on the riverbank , The tall mast Of my boat alone in the night . Stars hang All across a vast plain . The moon leaps In the Great River's flow . My writing Has not made a ...
... Night Thoughts While Traveling " : Slender grasses , A breeze on the riverbank , The tall mast Of my boat alone in the night . Stars hang All across a vast plain . The moon leaps In the Great River's flow . My writing Has not made a ...
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... night . The main street is deserted . The only things moving are swirls of snow . As I lift the mailbox door , I feel its cold iron . There is privacy I love in this snowy night . Driving around , I will waste more time . The influence ...
... night . The main street is deserted . The only things moving are swirls of snow . As I lift the mailbox door , I feel its cold iron . There is privacy I love in this snowy night . Driving around , I will waste more time . The influence ...
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... night heron's cry Bashō wrote this poem perhaps a month before his death . I cannot re- member this poem without thinking of the great blue herons that used to nest in Kah Tai Lagoon where we now have a Safeway " superstore " that gives ...
... night heron's cry Bashō wrote this poem perhaps a month before his death . I cannot re- member this poem without thinking of the great blue herons that used to nest in Kah Tai Lagoon where we now have a Safeway " superstore " that gives ...
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