Sorrow Moon Poems

Stunning silver moon of lambent light I see,
each night you listen to my fervent plea...
You must wonder when will my sorrow end.
On your indulgent patience...

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beak
of the plague mask
    lest I smell
your rotting bodies
    strewn
I smell your crosses
  daub your doors
I smell your...

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she fishes
the moon

in a sky
full of sleep

and beauty 
and stars

changing 
to sorrow

before 
tomorrow's

trouble 
begins...

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Chinese translations Li Bai

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



Zazen on Ching-t’ing Mountain
by...

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Tears mingle with pain.
her heart breaks as she blinks back the doubts,
risking the still essence of heartbreak,
trembling, the lonely ache whispering through her,
tempting her to...

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Stunning silver moon of lambent light I see,
each night you listen to my fervent plea...
You must wonder when will my sorrow end.
On your indulgent patience...

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Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams. ~ unknown

Erase the dark with morning’s sweet breath,
Shimmering light silences shadow’s caress,
Blaming the night for...

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In dreams of yonder, wishes wistfully conceive,
A cradle of lost tomorrows, where shadows sway;
To a realm unseen, where hearts believe,
Past where twilight’s lulling lullabies lay,
A...

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Christmas moon, shedding its light 
In between morning and night 
While the clouds laying below 
Try to halt its gleaming glow 

Looking at its halo...

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When tuscan tunes of twilight,
cascade as clementine confetti, 
She searches for secret silhouettes,
swirling to the symphony 
of sunflower serenades.

In the midst of faded fields,
marigold memories...

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A Bright Yellow Golden Moon Floating High Above


A bright yellow golden moon floating high above
Its radiant rays falling softly to our sweet earth
Beauty, flowers, her...

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Pity the Moon!
As it survives only
by the thing it envies.

Pity the Moon!
As it waxes and wanes
merely reflecting the Sun's divine rays.

Pity the Moon!
As it lies...

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it is always the same
restless and sad
one for all, like the sun
like the moon
flowers
tears

only the words change...

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In the dark
ticking of the clock 

along the ancient walls
silence is deafening
echoes in the halls

the moon glows, cold
as its bright moonbeams 
are sliced into sliver...

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Let the fear drip down from your tears, 
Wipe away all that sorrow and pain from all those years,
Because you are now here.

You are now...

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