Exactly ten years ago, I...
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Phil Hand
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Two
A pair of golden orioles
In a jade-green willow tree
Some pearly egrets in a line
In a sky of pure azure
The mountains capped with ancient snow
In my window facing west
And boats that ply a thousand miles
From my door to distant Wu
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Another attempt along similar lines. I still don’t think I’m getting the power of that 含, even after adding some features to point up the “in”.
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