Elishevlyne’s Reviews > The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches > Status Update

I stood in the flood of its sweet smell - 79
Wisteria flowers - 81
God of this mountain, may you be kind enough to show me your face among the dawning blossoms? - 82
A crystal spring//out of mossy rock - 84
Second half of Page 90
Bidding//bidden -95

“Indeed, ever since it began to write poetry, it is never found peace within itself, always wavering between doubts of one kind and another” pg 71

“here our eyes swept over grass unobstructed” pg 66

“even the stags kneel down to worship” pg 69

replete
penitence

roses…perishing…in the mouth of a horse (53)
they will disappear in the warmth of my tears icy strings of frost (55)
how many morning glories have perished under the pine (56)
a snow viewing party (60)
even the nameless hill are decorated (61)
tearing the meet of a dried codfish (62)
reminiscent of the the plum scattered beyond recall I pay homage…with my tearful eyes (63)

Metaphor meant simply bringing together two things of different categories by ingenuity

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