Saturday, March 5, 2005

[1770 - British sentries at Boston Customs House shoot into crowd killing four civilians]

[1770 - African-American sailor Crispus Attucks was the first to fall]

Nothing Special

A wise and dear mentor sent william his favorite poem.
It cries out to be shared.

The Waves of the Setsu River

Mount Ro and the misty rains
and the waves of the River Setsu;
Before I had been there, my thousand
longings never ceased.
Then I went -- and came back;
Nothing Special.
Mount Ro and the misty rains
and the waves of the River Setsu.

Sotoba (Su Tung-p'o)
11th Century Poet

William's Whimsical Words:

I have not been to Mount Ro,
But I have felt its misty rains on my cheek.
I have not visited the River Setsu,
But I have heard the rippling of its waves.

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