Shijo Rhythms​ by Ttr. ​Kevin O'Rourke​  - HTML preview

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Flowers bloom when it’s hot;

leaves fall when it’s cold.

Pine, you are impervious to snow and frost?

Thus I know

your roots reach straight to the Nine Springs.

The Nine Springs means deep in the earth or the world after death.