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

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This old sick heart

I gave to the chrysanthemum;

my skein of worries I gave to the dark grape,

and to one long song

I gave the white hair that streams beneath my ears.