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Thursday, 26 August 2021

spring notes - Sonam Chhoki

first thaw
dwarf rhododendrons
colour the slope
 *
spring offering
the path to the shrine
covered in primulas
 *
the sky’s scarlet rim
as if someone ordered it
lights up the pines
 *
gun metal sky
the Plough
faintly luminous

Sonam Chhoki (20th century) Bhutan

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