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A Respite – Poetry from China
Stay hidden in the dim like this, Return to your true, mature self. Shen Qi, born in Mian County, Shaanxi…
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Gloom of Dusk – Chinese Poetry
Someday I shall lay down my pen And take slow walks. Can you picture My calm steps tinged with faint…
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Cold Moon of the Tang Dynasty
On the Xiang River, the boat struggles upstream against the current, No wine, no meat. His frail frame stands firm,…
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Sweeping Snow – Poetry from China
He sweeps on without pause, refusing to rest, Letting flakes settle thick on his cap and eyebrows. Li Shangyu writes…
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Water Lilies – Poetry from China
I behold you, the beauty I planted myself Dizzying my senses. Spring has just slipped away And summer dons a…
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Willing to Bear the Sufferings
The sea of suffering stretches boundless, wherever you swim, pain follows Chang’an holds it, Manhattan holds it, even you and…
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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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