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AUTO MIRROR
In the rear-view mirror suddenly
I saw the bulk of the Beauvais Cathedral;
great things dwell in small ones
for a moment.
Adam Zagajewski
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The wind gives me
fallen leaves enough
to make a fire
Issa
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You may also wish to see Jane Hirshfield’s “Only When I Am Quiet and Do Not Speak,” poems by Sekiso and Soseki,
and Ryokan’s “Takuhatsu.“
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