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THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 49 by HAN SHAN

First Line: WOODS AND SPRINGS MAKE ME SMILE
Last Line: ALL I HEAR IS NOISE
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; FORESTS; HAPPINESS; NATURE; SPRINGS (WATER); WOODS; JOY; DELIGHT;

Woods and springs make me smile
no kitchen smoke for miles
clouds rise up from rocky ridges
cascades tumble down
a gibbon's cry marks the Way
a tiger's roar transcends mankind
pine wind sighs so softly
birds discuss singsong
I walk the winding streams
and climb the peaks alone
sometimes I sit on a boulder
or lie and gaze at trailing vines
but when I see a distant town
all I hear is noise



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