Goodbye Mountains Poems

As  I climb  up – I wonder about what I am leaving behind. 
Am I leaving my roots or just some old boots...

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This highway's mine, goodbye to Jayne,
so long, farewell, Virginia Plain,
strife was yesterday's heavy load,
life is tomorrow's open road,
it's time to hitchhike once again.

Heading where songs,...

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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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I will move the mountains,
From your shoulders to mine.
Show me your beautiful smile,
And let your uniqueness shine.

No mountain that I move will tire me,
As long...

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Winter snow melt 
wanders
dripping and dropping 
onward
a slight breeze calls
a song of life
winding downward 
viens feeding viens 
growing to enormous size
tumble in splashing rythmn 
to...

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A day in Alaska is like no other,
breath taking landscape
Snow topped mountains where eagles live,
bears and moose roam free.
A Sitka sunset is magical,
as the blue...

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Spring 
rainy, cool 
awaking, flowering, singing 
yards, mountains, sea, sand 
swimming, picnicking, sunning 
hot, fun 
summer 
 

 
Date Written 1/12/2023...

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My Everest, my Matterhorn, my Sinai
Towers in the distance above the land
Snowy crown soft white against the sky
How gracefully she reaches out her hand
And touches...

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The mountains,                        ...

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Watercolor memories paint
 Enchanted mountains in my mind,
 And sunshine's glow upon my face

 Time to reflect and reacquaint
 With friends so treasured and kind,
...

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She lived and died
Where she was planted
In the mountains, on this earth
Where silence filled her heart
Raining wonders through her
Dreams and whispering
Joy through her pains

She lived...

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World peace one cannot buy
Over the sky
Round the mountain's eye
Lands near~~far and high
Decades this has been the cry

 

People ask why
Everyone wants to say to...

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I watched fog lift from mountains, clearing way for the view
I could see it while driving with fleeting moments, just a few
Shades of color and...

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My face is the surface of the ocean
So much emotion
But you still can’t see the depths
This  skin and muscle tough like the mountains
But you...

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As I lie between the blades of green grass;
with a wave of your hand, you took me there.
a smile in your eyes, sunshine in your...

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