#in an autumn garden

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紙の文
をたづさへたり
澄める哉

kami no fumi
wo tazusaetari
sumeru kana

poet’s page
held in my hands—
clearness’ light!

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this was written while taking a walk through an arboretum earlier, holding in my hands a poetry book I am reading. I sat down and turning the pages I looked in wonder at the light shining through them from an angle. opaque one moment, transparent the next, under the autumn afternoon's sun. and i realize, this is also the nature of the poem itself. being held gently, it becomes clear and transparent to the mind.

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