Daily Archives: April 8, 2017

Poem – About Tu Fu

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I met Tu Fu on a mountaintop  In August when the sun was hot Under the shade of his big straw hat His face was sad In the years since we last parted He’d grown wan, exhausted  Poor old Tu … Continue reading →

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Poem – Day’s End

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Oxen and sheep were brought back down Long ago and bramble gates closed over Mountains and rivers far from my old garden A windswept moon rises into clear night. Springs trickle down dark cliffs and autumn Dew fills ridgeline grasses … Continue reading →

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Poem – Winter Garden

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Winter garden The moon thinned to a thread Insects singing

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Poem – Wrapping Dumplings 

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Wrapping dumplings in Bamboo leaves, with one finger She tides her hair

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Poem – Wrapping The Rice Cakes

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Wrapping the rice cakes With one hand  She fingers back her hair

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Poem – What Fish Feel

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What fish feel Birds feel, I don’t know The year ending

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Poem – Year’s End

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Year’s end, all Comers of this Floating world, swept

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