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Spring Sleep

Sleepliy waking to a spring dawn

I hear birds singing everywhere.

After last night's wind and rain

How many blossoms have fallen?

- Meng Hao-Ran

Quiet Night

A moonbeam by my bed

Or frost on the ground?

I look up at the full moon,

I look down and think of home.

- Li Bai

Looking for a Hermit

When asked, the little boy under the pine

Says simply, "My master's gone to gather herbs

Somewhere high up in these mountains,

but the clouds are so thick, I don't know where."

-Jia Dao

Moon

When I was little

I thought the moon was a jade plate,

Or Maybe a mirror in heaven

Flying though the blue clouds.

-Li Bai

By Caitlin F

Taken from Maples in the Mist

Author: Minfong Ho Jean and Mou-sien Tseng

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