Snow (A Nursery Rhyme)
Written by: Ryōshū
Translated by: Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda
Published in: Free Verse Poetry Volume 1
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This morning when I woke and looked
White white snow!
On the mountain ridges
On the road
Everywhere bright white piled high
Last night after
Everyone had gone to sleep
The snow began to fall
Like cotton
Like peony flowers
It fell from the sky
Like angels
Quietly falling
Soft snow
Pure snow
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