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Poetry is not a pressed blossom  
hidden in a secretary’s cabinet    
of envelopes sealed by Time.  
   
The stanzas are after-Light    
through the streaked window  
of the Poet's atelier;    
   
His thumbprint of ink    
staining the rice paper    
prepared overnight.      
   
The Sumi-tipped bamboo  
of kanji calligraphy hennas  
the Shikishi board as    
a Mistress’ ivory skin:    
   
Empress Leizu readying    
to meet the Yellow Emperor  
of her Heart in a tea-stained    
porcelain about her Chi.  
   
The lost recognize in awe    
the silken creation of her loom;    
   
The ancient recurrence instills  
Hope from uncleanliness  
for the wanderer requesting  
audience with the Poem:  
   
Its woven tapestry emerging  
visibly pure from mud.    
~  
Written by Ahavati
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