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Classic Poem

In the rockbound pool

by Burton Watson
In the rockbound pool
deep in the mountains,
leaves fall and sink:
so my heart sinks —
could she possibly understand?
Author of original: 
Minamoto no Sanetomo
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Short Poems
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