Violet and bell-like
Upstanding and brave
Azure and white, or yellow and slight
Buds as small cones that unfolds in a swirl
An emblem for samurais, amid Heian peers
Shadows protect and assist them to growth
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Mountain dweller and tonic giver
Bog lover, temperate,
But still cosmopolitan
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Circling
Swirling
Dreaming
Of snow
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