Poetry in Motion - Chu Pen Po

Hedgehog Chu Pen Po

He ambles along like a walking pin cushion,
Stops and curls up like a chestnut burr.
He’s not worried because he’s so little.
Nobody is going to slap him around.

From One Hundred More Poems from the Chinese
Translated by Kenneth Rexroth
Copyright © 1970 by Kenneth Rexroth
Reprinted by permssion of New Directions Publishing Corp

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