Suddenly an exile on the way to Changsha
looking back toward Ch’ang-an I don’t see a soul
from Yellow Crane Tower I hear a jade flute
plum blossoms fall in this city in June
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Author: zdunno03
Leaving Fenning at Night, for Tu Chien-sou by Huang T’ing-chien
The song of “Yang Pass” and the river flowing east
lanterns on Chingyang Mountain and this little boat
and me I’m as drunk as I have ever been
the moon on the rippling river sighs on my behalf
translated by Red Pine
a Chinese proverb
from the Analects of Confucius 1
Why should a man of no moral worth
clutter the earth?
translated by Ezra Pound
on the balcony waiting for morning:Maltepe, March 23
insulated
in sweats
against cool air
watching distant lights
on Princes’ Islands
thoughts drift north
a thousand miles
only to settle
here
in this ancient city
as the morning prayer
fails to calm
this mind
trying to cope
with this broken world
Crabapple by Su Tung-p’o
The wafting east wind and rays of sublime light
as the moon crossed the porch perfume filled the air
worried the night was late and flowers about to sleep
I held up a candle to see her red dress
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Returning to Linkao at Night by Su Tung-p’o
Drunk tonight at East Slope sobered up then drank again
it was after midnight when I finally made it home
the houseboy was asleep and snoring like thunder
I knocked on the gate but nobody answered
leaning on my cane I listened to the river
Long have I regretted this life I don’t control
will I ever stop running errands
with night about to end and a night wind on the water
I’m leaving in my sampan
to spend my last years on the river
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A Song of “Night After Night” by Ou-yang Hsiu
The drifting clouds disgorge a bright moon,
Its fleeting shadow darkens the jade staircase.
A thousand li away we share the same reflection,
But how can I let you know this heart night after night?
translated by Irving Y. Lo
what I said
that’s right
all of it
every word
and also add
what I didn’t
say
too
the picture
frozen
in time
to burn
forever
in memory
Leonard Durso 