Poems Ancient and Modern

Poems Ancient and Modern

Today’s Poem: Hendecasyllabics

Summer leaves are falser than winter’s frost blossoms

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Joseph Bottum
Feb 12, 2026
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Zhao Mengjian, The Three Friends of Winter: Pine, Plum, and Bamboo, 13th century (Wikimedia Commons)
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