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Grassland in Mist – Poetry from China
The rain has stopped, beyond the meadow Stands a horse Through mist, the sodden grass drifts dimly. Ren Lin Ren…
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Purple Copper – Poetry from China
Sit in silence, listen to the rain, the midnight hour Is perfect for pouring myself a bowl of mild wine…
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Poetic Traces Along Shan Creek
No trace remains of cave cranes or pool-dwelling dragons, Yet the clear green waters still echo the gibbons’ cries. Turning…
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Liuyang River – Poetry from China
It has never flowed. It lies quiet and undisturbed Within dikes striped with loess and green grass, Like a sleeping…
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Wild Chrysanthemums – Chinese Poetry
I wander, and by chance Come upon them Golden light swaying at the cliff’s edge… Zhuang Xiaoming Zhuang Xiaoming, art…
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The Wild Steed – Poetry from China
He who has never ridden a wild steed Has never ridden Any horse at all… Gu Bei Gu Bei, was…
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Father and Mother – Chinese Poetry
Yesterday, dust from foreign lands clinging to my skin I turned to my aged father To beg for the patch…
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Peach Blossoms Red – Chinese Poetry
The peaks tower as ever, the bridge worn as always. Events remembered by men are mere accidents. Only fragments of…
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Dream of Swans – Chinese Poetry
I dreamed still more: Swan after swan, Winging toward Jishi Mountain in Gansu, Where the world bears its bitterest sorrows.…
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Meeting a Leaf – Chinese Poetry
A leaf drifts down from the tree, and in one careless fall, it bears down the whole heavy autumn. Zhou…
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