Ode Love Poems

These are modern English translations of Chinese poems of The Shijing or Shi Jing ("Book of Songs" or "Book of Odes")

Shijing Ode #4: “JIU MU”
ancient...

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You breaketh my soul 
where am I to find it now that you've taken control
neglecting the tide 
my fountain of youth placed there by your...

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World has white bears
paradise and hell
are true
moon is also aged
time can't tell a lie
a flower and  rose
which may not dismantle
a gift 
of day and...

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I fear
to be myself
deeply involved
health they say
is wealth
nor if medication
wouldn't give
a lasting solution
rest my limbs
and nose
nor those that
I marked sighing
and fading
nor those now
I detected
in streams
makes...

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Hi we wear
and cage
if we feel like peppered
if we ever awe by
 worrying
if we ever contact
a cultivated mistress of excuses
and hardlucks 
acids and gas are...

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September ambience descends
Hear the symphony of birds
Someone authored their choruses
And rearranged their notes.

Clumsy crimson clouds
Forming faces like crazy clowns
Faces of you ,the unknown and I
That...

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I grope gossips
and chamois if chargrin
and sense like there is forlorn
and there is gruff and chide
oh! if love be a centre
of human life and existence
why...

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When earth is dearly smiling
thee put doubtfulness to our joys
chattering humanity then and now
a memory of thee could have
visited moon tomorrow
it is possible to remember...

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Not from glitzy stars do I perfection espy,
Nor Moon's struttings so wondrous deem;
Your unfeigned pulchritude's glittering eye
Illumines every dark labyrinth of my heart.  

Though...

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It is a tale of love
concerning an event
of a story once
upon a time beholden
nature as it is
couldn't resist such a mystery
the forests, rivers moon and...

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Each passing second your Love 
Etches its seal on eternal slates, 
Proving fleeting affections drear,
Yielding warmth that never sates. 

Infinitely warmer and soothing more,
It trounces...

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Ode to You Woman

My wild woman, you inspire me to write.
How I love the way you trot, walk and soar,
Invading my mind day and through...

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Alisson

As I swear always, my Alisson
Dear sweet, sweet Alisson
I shall always love you, my dear Shhh! Please listen;
My dearest lovingly sweet Alisson;
your green hair, a...

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Ode to My Broken Heart

I could never have loved anyone, yet
the way I loved you and yet
through time in a day a week months at...

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Potent prayers flow like piano notes from her saucy soul 
Abundant with an aura of devotion to His Kingdom 
Understanding unites under the umbrella of...

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