Li Poems

Li Po Eating Raw Oysters, Drinking Wine

Beneath the moon's pale gleam, I sit alone,
The sea's cool breath weaving through my robes.
Upon my lips, the ocean's secrets flow—
Each oyster a pearl of the world untold.

Their brine whispers of the tides' long song,
Of ships lost, of lovers waiting in vain.
A sip of wine softens the sea's harsh kiss,
Its fire dancing where salt once

Li Xiu

Beautiful face
Acumen grace
Fierce warrior race.

Wine For Li Po

In moon’s cool embrace,
Wine spills like crimson rivers,
Mind drifts to the stars

Achoholic Beverages

In jade cups, the moon's reflection swirls,
A thousand poems born in wine's warm glow.
Lonely, yet the stars drink with me,
In drunken dreams, all sorrows flow.
The river of life, forever more.

CLERIHEW LI ecphrasis munch

Munch Red & White*
a perfect pictorial delight
An allegory of types of love some say
look&make of what you may

Chinese translations Li Bai

Li Bai translations

These are my modern English translations of Chinese poems by Li Bai, also known as Li Po.



Zazen on Ching-t’ing Mountain
by Li Bai
translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Now the birds have deserted the sky
and the last cloud slips down the drains.

We sit together, the mountain and I,
until only the mountain remains.



Farewell to a Friend
by Li

Haiku About the Chinese Poet Li Poe

Li Poe's ink-stained quill,
Words dance in ancient embrace,
Verse whispers through time.

Li And The Dressed Chicken

I am Li from the East
Not the the martial artist

I am half-Asian
Raised in Appalachian

I love to cook
Selling in any nook

I push and pull a cart
Honest from the bottom of my heart

I cook street food
Spook and hook so good

I fry squid balls, chicken and krill
Or saute soft meat and grill

I play as I cook
And can tell

The Curious Passing of Li Po

Two figurines fell out of the sky
Dropped from a crop duster plane passing by.
The pilot yelled, "Look out down below!",
But no one could hear, he was flying so low.
The dolls struck Li Po who was filling his sack,
Now the rice farmer lifelessly floats on his back.
He does not move, first victim of
A double knickknack paddy

Sharon Lee Li Lay

SHARON LEE LI LAY,

NO MORE I NEED TO SAY,CAUSE HERE IS WERE I NEED TO OKAY,

OH SHARON LEE LI LAY,  

AS I SLEEP,YOU LAY & PRAY,

I TOSS & TURN FROM SIDE TO SIDE,

OH SHARON LEE LI LAY,

WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO CRY,

OH SHARON LEE LI LAY,

WHY DON'T YOU STAY I TOLD YOU A 1,000

From Li Po

It was a hot day and when I ran into Tu Fu 
           wearing a big straw hat I asked
           “Tu Fu, how come you’ve grown so thin?
       

Sonnets Xlii-Li

Sonnets XLII-LI

Distances
by Michael R. Burch

Moonbeams on water?
the reflected light
of a halcyon star
now drowning in night...
So your memories are.

Footprints on beaches
now flooding with water;
the small, broken ribcage
of some primitive slaughter...
So near, yet so far.



A Surfeit of Light
by Michael R. Burch

There was always a surfeit of light in your presence.
You stood distinctly apart, not of the humdrum

Li Wenliang

Staring outwards my pale, stricken face;
          My face a pale moon floating on a sea.
    Before the cherries bud I will be gone;
Hereafter blossom drops...try remembering me.










My small and insignificant tribute to a hero. I most fervently pray that WHO honour his memory.

Love Letter From the Soul Li

Canvas,

Soft brush strokes touch your lips
every word a colour
caressing those little bits
creating a soul
a whole

a panpsychism 
free conscious
no objections

I the bristles bending with the curves
biting down at the turn
of the page
bookmarked the darkness bleeds
and I surface for another read
red looked up at green
back to blue
a sky of a different hue

a fresh river view
eyes stay the

Unquotable Quotes: Li 51 - Tongue-Teasing Epigrams

UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: LI - Tongue-Teasers

If you want to give someone a « taste of his own medicine", you must first obtain sufficient quantities of the same medicine in the market, and if it’s out-of-stock - TOUGH LUCK ! - you have to employ some pharmaceutical company to manufacture it for you ! GOOD LUCK !

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