Kobayashi Issa (tr. from Japanese by R.H. Blyth):
Molly Peacock:
Emily Hunderwadel:
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Li-Young Lee:
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Roscoe Mitchell, “Big Red Peaches,” rec. 1999:
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Love the peach theme. My mother was called Georgia Peach. Always loved Lee-Young Lee's poem From Blossoms.