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Retrospective 1927-1973
Geometrics 1966-71
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Would You Like to Pass This Way?

York Wilson Paintings on the Poetry of Hagiwara Sakutaro

Would you like to pass this way?
What narrow path are you?
The narrow path of the great god Tenjin.
Then please to pass me through.

We will not let you pass unless
You have some business here.
I carry a charm to the temple
For this child’s seventh year.

Going, going is easy-going
But coming back again
Is terrifying.
               Though terrifying,
Come pass along the lane.

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