you get back
what you put in
and you stop
putting in
when you stop
getting anything
back
Month: June 2016
Pepper Eyes by Sung Po-jen
lavishing poems on the first spring dawn
prayers for a thousand years
conquering winter and defying old age
outlasting the ice and the snow
translated by Red Pine
Fisherman’s Hat by Sung Po-jen
anchored out among the gulls
cold rain lashing his hat of leaves
he doesn’t mind fearsome waves
since discovering the joys afloat
translated by Red Pine
from a line by Sung Po-jen
my voice hoarse
my throat dry
trying to reach
heaven’s ear
amid all the chatter
in the air
Crane on a Pine Crying to Heaven by Sung Po-jen
waking from a Red Cliff dream
black robe soaked with rain
trying to reach Heaven’s ear
it stands atop a pine
translated by Red Pine
Profile by Sung Po-jen
face to face is problematic
from the side the view is clearer
otherwise neither would know
the length of the other’s nostrils
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Leonard Durso 