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Awake at night

Awake at night—
the sound of the water jar
   cracking in the cold.

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Translated by Robert Hass

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  • AndrewHide
    January 7, 2004
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    This image of the sound of frost cracking the terracota and snaping through the silence of the night. So vivid, every reader will witness it.

    Remarkable piece.

    Andrew

  • philophant
    December 12, 2003
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    Brr...this poem practically made me COLD! Better than most.

  • Ava Noire
    July 24, 2003
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    Water jar cracking in the cold. I like this muches. It speaks volumes in three short lines. Not a task many can do so well.