On the grass, on the ground, on the bare cement surfaces, leaves are falling.
This one fell three days ago.
The kitten
holds down a leaf
for a moment
ISSA
and other Japanese Poems.
Various translators;
pictures by Talivaldis Stubis,
Scholastic, 1969, no pagination.
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one-by-one the chickadee carries sunflower seeds into the wood
jhh
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