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    The Dipper aims down
in an "arc to Arcturus,
    then spike to Spica" --
and beyond Cowboy and Girl,
Scorpio crawls up the sky.


Arcturus is in Booetes, who in mythology was either a plowman or (more commonly) a cow herder, and Spica is in Virgo, the virgin.

---L.

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As language practice, I like to translate poetry. My current project is Chinese, with practice focused on Tang Dynasty poetry. Previously this was classical Japanese, most recently working through the Kokinshu anthology (archived here). Suggestions, corrections, and questions always welcome.

There's also original pomes in the journal archives.

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