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@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ Much of the imagery in poetry around Winter picks up on this, and we commonly se
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Issa says,
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Issa says,
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*Arigata ya*
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*fusama no yuki mo*
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*Jodo yori*
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A blessing indeed ---
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A blessing indeed ---
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This snow on the bed-quilt,
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This snow on the bed-quilt,
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This, too, is from the pure land
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This, too, is from the pure land
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@ -149,10 +145,6 @@ And, as the guidelines say, that has stuck with me. I think about it every time
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Issa says,
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Issa says,
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*Kore ga maa*
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*tsui no sumika ka*
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*yuki goshaku*
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Is this it, then,
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Is this it, then,
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My last resting place ---
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My last resting place ---
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Five feet of snow!
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Five feet of snow!
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@ -263,7 +255,7 @@ It sticks with me, apparently. In my own writing, I've dug deep into the beauty
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Ioan, a few paragraphs above this, even talks of thistles.
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Ioan, a few paragraphs above this, even talks of thistles.
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Weeds are those whose goal is to cling desperately to life *even* in death. Weeds don't wish for death, they accept it as inevitable more easily than us poor fools. The one speaking in that quote, after all, *is* named 'May Then My Name Die With Me'.
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Weeds are those whose goal is to cling desperately to life *even* in death. Weeds don't wish for death, they accept it as inevitable more easily than us poor fools.
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