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Poem 24 from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets

 

   kono tabi wa

nusa mo toriaezu

   tamukeyama

momiji no nishiki

kami no manimani

 

   Plain hemp will not do

on an outing such as this.

   Better to offer

a brocade of autumn leaves

to please the mountain gods.

-- Kanke

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