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   kono tabi wa

nusa mo toriaezu

   tamukeyama

momiji no nishiki

kami no ma ni ma ni

 

 

   Plain hemp will not do

at this mountain of offerings

   as our excursion begins--

surely the gods will be better pleased

to accept a brocade of autumn leaves

--Kanke

 

Poem 24 from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets
(See notes and more poems.)