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English
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Part 3 of Indigo Warrior AU
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Master Apprentice Archive, Original Wanderings, Media Wanderings
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Published:
2006-07-01
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82
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Autumn Choka

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Summary:

A poem of autumn

Notes:

Written for Temve's "Indigo Warrior" zine.

"It was a poem of autumn, that much Jin could deduce from the colours, from the spindly maple leaves scattered across the background of the paper, from the silvery grey of the cloud border above the thick black writing that seemed to drip out of the painted sky like so much rain."

The form is that of a Choka, a type of Japanese court poetry.

Work Text:

Silver twigs in mist
Grey pools shiver in the rain
One bright leaf clings fast
Remembering Spring's sweetness

Wind brings sharp perfume
Of the sullen, sodden earth
One red leaf remains
Whispering Summer's secrets

Sap stills in chill sleep
Withered, grey-gold grass flutters
One small leaf defies
The coming Winter cold

Frost flowers blossom
White breath beneath black branches
Not yet blood-on-snow
One cold-kissed leaf seeks the sun

Sorrow-hued and dim
This is the somber season
The bitter end of Autumn

    O-Shironami

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