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 …
Read MoreShores of Regret
eternal track to heaven beneath the shadows— eyes turned up to the sky like a prison of light showers fallen to the sea as if dreaming of dust and weeping until it rolls to the shores of regret
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