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The Snow and the Plum — II
by Lu Mei-P'o Translated by Red Pine

The plum without the snow isn't very special but snow without a poem is simply commonplace at sunset when the poem is done then it snows again together with the plum they complete the spring
From This Art: Poems About Poetry translated by Red Pine. Edited by Michael Wiegers. Copyright © 2003 by Lu Mei-P'o. Used by permission of Copper Canyon Press. All rights reserved.