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A spring night in Shokoku-ji

 
 

Eight years ago this May

We walked under cherry blossoms   

At night in an orchard in Oregon.   

All that I wanted then

Is forgotten now, but you.

Here in the night

In a garden of the old capital

I feel the trembling ghost of Yugao   

I remember your cool body

Naked under a summer cotton dress.

 

— Gary Snyder

Posted September 15, 2023 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Existential Moment, Gary Snyder, Information, Photography, Poetry

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