Farewell Spring Poems

Whoever invented the Kiss
I'd like to shake their hand
But I won't
 
Because I'm shortsighted and always miss
It wouldn't be such a problem
If I had Mick...

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Winter is gone
It's already midnight
Spring is here
With her flowers and presents
We have a new season
Everyone knows the reason
Since the girls are pretty
And the women wear...

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Spring winds clean winter branches
Leaves billow far from home
A maple tree sheds its own in tune
No one is around to collect them
Flat and perfect to...

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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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It Was Spring When I Met You. 

I met you in the spring,
When blue birds gather and sing,
With butterflies' wings fluttering,
Stirring above flower petals.

Our whole...

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I wandered through the woodlands green
And heard the birdsong fill the air
I saw the little streams serene
With speckled trout that darted there

I felt the breeze...

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On a spring day without you.
Even if you aren’t there, I still remember you.

Over the clouds and peaks up high, across the rivers, across the...

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"Love Weaves A Mysterious Magic Spell"                   ...

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Window opening to the backyard groove
Was hardly opened in the winter months
Dusted often but shut soon after that

Now when warm sunrays peeking through glasses
Blossoms and...

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Farewell seems so final,  
like death.   
How does one say~goodbye,  
not easy for family and friends.  
A writer will always...

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soulful sun shining 
with golden gleam glowing bright ~
a farewell to snow 

blissful rain showing 
its colors against the light ~
a gorgeous rainbow 

mayflowers blooming...

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butterflies and friends

ragged winds depart
 snow maid leaves a farewell kiss ~
  robins lay blue eggs

wisteria blooms
 calls to butterflies and bees ~
 ...

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He tips his hat at the sidewalk sales.
A snowman bids farewell.


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A host of lilac roses floated 
On the air.
A consuming fragrance 
This lilac affair
The betterment of rose 
Confusion 
This lilac spring everyone's 
In love
All lovers...

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I'm a flower; I stand tall and primp for the world to see,
As a blooming princess, I incur both acclaim and glory.

Shaking shyly under a...

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