Carpe Diem #158, Yanagi (Willow)

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when the willow
whispers to the cool spring wind
do the pine trees listen

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long haired old woman
tresses drooping to the ground
why are you weeping

~ 3 ~

ask not
for whom the willow weeps
it weeps for thee

~ 4 ~

beneath a willow
an old man stops to listen
the leaves whisper

~ 5 ~

sad willow tree weeps
moose will eat it leaf and bark
goose prefers forbs

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black widow spider
dowager of the willow
weeps not for her mate

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Carpe Diem #158