Imminent snow

Emily Goedde

Silent winter sparrows
fill bamboo thickets
Frozen clouds curtain the sky
snow about to fall
The north wind gives
no one special favors
Plum branches hold
their blossoms tight

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欲雪

朱淑真

寒雀無聲滿竹裡
凍雲四幕雪將垂
北風不看人情面
控勒梅花不放枝