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Mokichi Saitō
Mokichi Saitō was a Japanese poet of the Taishō period. Born May 14, 1882 in the farming village of Kanakame in the Yamagata prefecture, Saitō was the third of five children. At the age of fourteen, he was sent to live
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I was standing there
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I was standing there
by the Tenryu River
where white-capped waves
of the river rapids
5came cascading from beyond.
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What book of poems did President Clinton give to Monica Lewinsky as a token of his affections?
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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.
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