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Paintings are accompanied by the author's poems. Translated into English by Andrey Kneller
Painting on Xuan paper, 76 x 44 cm, 2005
SHYNESS
On the edge of the brook
A willow bent and shook
In place.
It hugged a tiny bird,
Whose diffidence was blurred
With grace.
Not knowing what to think,
It lifted half-a-wing
Above.
And in the early dawn
A feeling lingered on
Of love.
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