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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAN LO TANKA, by HENRY HARRISON
First Line: Wan lo has made an / amazing discovery.
Last Line: Laugh up their wide sleeves at both.
Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages
First Line: Wan lo has made an / amazing discovery.
Last Line: Laugh up their wide sleeves at both.
Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages
Wan Lo has made an
Amazing discovery.
"I have found," he cries,
"That what is one man's poison
Is another man's poison!"
Married men laugh at
Single men. Single men laugh
At the married men.
Wan Lo tells me that women
Laugh up their wide sleeves at both.
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