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719.

in the dusk
between movie halls
the squeak of the chain
of swings

Gary Snyder, "Shinkyogoku, Kyoto" (poem complete above), Regarding Wave, New York, New Directions Publishing Corp., 1970, p. 73 (Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, Ltd., simultaneously) (copyright 1967).

PLACE: Kyoto, Japan

TIME: 1960's

CIRCUMSTANCE: American poet from Pacific Northwest perceiving a familiar sound in a Japanese environment.

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