The few minutes of a Spring night are worth ten thousand pieces of gold.

The perfume of the flowers is so pure.

The shadows of the moon are so black.

— Su Dongpo, (1037-1101) from “Spring Night” in “One Hundred Poems from the Chinese.” Trans. Kenneth Rexroth.

Notes:

• Photo by DK: Mar 28 2020. 2:34 A.M. 46° F.  Backyard.
• Poem: Thank you Beth @ (via Alive on All Channels)