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Literature
By the River – Poetry from China
Alone, I gaze eye to eye with a stretch of river, The current shimmering pale white. Around me, Nothing but…
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To My Overseas Poet Friends
Blue birds carry letters across far kingdoms, Our ink and rice paper weave a profound bond. Selected Classical Regulated Poems…
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Descendants – Poetry from China
Like divine power descending upon vast wilderness and mortal villages; like we stepping barefoot toward perilous depths, tearing apart the…
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Riverside – Poetry from China
The river lies smooth as a mirror, I sit beside the flower bed A few fallen leaves float on the…
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My Vast Hometown – Poetry from China
Years later, I return, yet landscapes and souls have all changed, No trace remains of the old address where mails…
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The Ancient Town – Chinese Poetry
What have we come to the ancient town to seek? Crowds surge to and fro, Not a single familiar face…
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Ukiyo-e – Poetry from China
The common folk grow more like authorities, While authorities turn more like common folk. Yu Cong, born in Guannan, Jiangsu…
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Night Exchanged Words with Spring Dreams
Half of life is spent facing the dark, If I do not turn on the lamp… Hai Nan is a…
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To the Woman … Chinese Poetry
Step out the front gate, head east to the stationery shop To print your child’s school assignments. Chu Mei, a…
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Turning Back – Poetry from China
I seek the reason slipping down from valleys, Valley after valley Gathers, moonlight merging with night, Hiding in the shaded…
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