LitFlash: Snowy Mountains

Dec 30, 2022

Amy Lowell, 'The Emperor's Garden'

Once, in the sultry heats of midsummer,

An emperor caused the miniature mountains in his garden

To be covered with white silk,

That so crowned

They might cool his eyes

With the sparkle of snow.

Katsushika Hokusai, a view of Mount Fuji

About the author

Amy Lowell (1874-1925) was an American poet and literary editor known for her contributions to Imagism. She was greatly inspired by East Asian visual art and poetry. This poem was published in Poetry magazine in March 1917.

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