For thousands of years The Hudson River’s flowed Today I see A pleasure boat stowed September day With net-like, wet-washed gray I think of her A thousand miles away
Read MoreLittle Red Peach
Red as a peach with a smile on her face,Face with a smile as a peach in her place.Willow that hangs and shakes its drapery low,Low is the willow that hangs as the wind does flow.Wavers the blossom as wind and hair entwine,Entwines the hair …
Read MoreYearning
Away in southern lands the red beans layAs spring returns to send its blooms above;Desiring you I pluck a big bouquet,To hold a thing that marks our tender love. Chinese 相思 紅豆生南國，春來發幾枝。願君多采擷，此物最相思。 Pronunciation Xiāng Sī Hóng dòu shēng nán guó，Chūn lái fā jī zhī。Yuàn jūn duō cǎi xié，Cǐ wù zuì xiāng …
Read MoreThe Knots of Desire
My voice is broken, wounded of thirst. Alone in the valley of silent echoes, I lie behind a wall, immersed And torn between the clashing shadows. My voice is broken, wounded of thirst. I sear through the metal of your skin, Immense in the timeless …
Read MoreEscape Fantasy
The smoky mist is wide and deep, The wind’s a child awake from sleep; A mother bear with baby cubs, I watch in love through tangled shrubs. Now wandering, I chase the clouds Up here, away from city crowds, But still I think of you …
Read MoreWitch’s Brew
A fern surrounds my life like a hollow mazeIn the intricate lattice of love’s first gaze;Following a pattern that guides me on this roadI reach for her lips beneath the mistletoe. My love comes forth with the apple of desire,A tangled taste that takes a life …
Read MoreDenial
She said it was a trial, That I’d hear but wouldn’t know— In this world I’m not a master, So it’s silly for me to crow. My ego brought on disaster: She loathed me, I never knew; So now I lie only with my dear—Denial. …
Read MoreClouds Above
By Liu Yong (987-1053), Translated by Frank Watson Clouds above the mountain top,About the river of night and day;Looking out at the meadow crop,Her face arrayed in the misty spray. A thousand autumns pass,Leaving my eyes in a frozen state;Looking to go home, at last,I feel our …
Read MoreCold Wind
Many years ago, this day, As lingering clouds Brought out the morning rays, I heard the east wind drown In the sound of the ocean spray. She came in nightly On a foaming swell, Lady floating lightly On a seaborne shell. “Oh bury me not …
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