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larryhammerFor Poetry Monday:
For Leonard, Darko, and Burton Watson, Ursula K. Le Guin
A black and white cat
on May grass waves his tail, suns his belly
among wallflowers.
I am reading a Chinese poet
called The Old Man Who Does As He Pleases.
The cat is aware of the writing
of swallows
on the white sky.
We are both old and doing what pleases us
in the garden. Now I am writing
and the cat
is sleeping.
Whose poem is this?
—L.
Subject quote from Time in a Bottle, Jim Croce.
For Leonard, Darko, and Burton Watson, Ursula K. Le Guin
A black and white cat
on May grass waves his tail, suns his belly
among wallflowers.
I am reading a Chinese poet
called The Old Man Who Does As He Pleases.
The cat is aware of the writing
of swallows
on the white sky.
We are both old and doing what pleases us
in the garden. Now I am writing
and the cat
is sleeping.
Whose poem is this?
—L.
Subject quote from Time in a Bottle, Jim Croce.
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Date: 23 December 2025 12:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 23 December 2025 02:03 am (UTC)Le Guin was nicely adept at wry humor.
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Date: 23 December 2025 05:12 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 28 December 2025 09:21 pm (UTC)