The more they stay the same. Here are three ancient Egyptian poems from the World poetry anthology. You know, poetry hasn't really gotten any better in the last 3,000 years.
Plum Tree in Spring
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Plum Tree in Spring What does the plum treeRemember after winterSnow on its
bent trunk,How does it bear these blossomsAnd their scent in the spring sun?
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I have that anthology, too. For some reason I'd placed a marker on "Six Love Poems" by Ono no Komachi (p 275), but I can't remember why.
I don't mean to imply that poetry has gotten any worse. Ono no Komachi's poems are as good as anything in the anthology (though I prefer the versions that Jane Hirshfield did in The Ink Dark Moon).
I'll get right on that.
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