MAW SHEIN WIN on
Yoko Ono
from GRAPEFRUIT

SNOW PIECE
 
Think that snow is falling.
Think that snow is falling everywhere
all the time.
When you talk with a person, think
that snow is falling between you and
on the person.
Stop conversing when you think the
person is covered by snow.
 
 
1963 summer
 
 
 
TWO SNOW PIECES
          for solo or trio
 
 
No. 1
 
Watch snow fall until dinner time.
 
No. 2
 
Watch snow fall until it covers thirty-three
buildings.
 
 
1964 spring
 
 
 
 
THREE MORE SNOW PIECES
               for solo or orchestra
 
 
No. 1
 
Send snow sounds to a person you like.
 
No. 2
 
Walk in the snow without making footprints.
 
 
No. 3
 
Find a hand in the snow.
 
 
1964 spring
 
 
 
 
 
From GRAPEFRUIT, A Book of Instruction and Drawings by Yoko Ono originally published in 1964 by Wunternaum Press in Tokyo and later published by Simon & Schuster in 1970

Maw Shein Win's most recent full-length poetry collection is Storage Unit for the Spirit House (Omnidawn) which was nominated for the Northern California Book Award in Poetry, longlisted for the PEN America Open Book Award, and shortlisted for the California Independent Booksellers Alliance's Golden Poppy Award for Poetry. Win's previous books include the full-length poetry collection Invisible Gifts and chapbooks Ruins of a glittering palace and Score and Bone. She is the inaugural poet laureate of El Cerrito, California and teaches writing in the MFA Program at the University of San Francisco. Win often collaborates with visual artists, musicians, and other writers. Read more at mawsheinwin.com