Nature
A Year Passes
From Pictures of the Floating World (1919): Lacquer Prints
Nature
Beyond the porcelain fence of the pleasure garden,
I hear the frogs in the blue-green rice-fields;
But the sword-shaped moon
Has cut my heart in two.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lowell, Amy. “A Year Passes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/157/.
Chicago
Lowell, Amy. “A Year Passes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/157/.
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