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Watching the Snow
六出飞花入户时
Six-pointed flying flowers enter the doorway;
坐看青竹变琼枝
I sit and watch green bamboo turn to jade-white branches.
如今好上高楼望
Now is a fine time to look from a high tower,
盖尽人间恶路岐
With snow covering the world’s harsh, crooked roads.
Meaning
Snow enters the doorway and turns green bamboo into white jade-like branches. The poet imagines viewing roads covered by snow, with a further thought about the world's wrongs. Children can begin with the change in color.
About the poet
Gao Pian was a Tang poet and general. Snow-covered bamboo leads into a reflection on the world’s wrongs.