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Mine precious indulgerz uv write(mine')..this form,
posted here on the Soup...I'd read it's scribe, yet, i must
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Categories:
tang dynasty, wisdom, words,
Form: Prose
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...
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Categories:
tang dynasty, age, bird, farewell, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
The Welkin - and - the Influences
...1. The Welkin
Wind blows / clouds race / vast blue sky
Breeze tugs / trees sway / great green hills
Sun scourged / sand glares / small white beach
Skip stones / thoughts nag / min...
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Categories:
tang dynasty, analogy, nature,
Form: Jueju
Epigrams Vii
...Epigrams VII
A question that sometimes drives me hazy:
am I or are the others crazy?
—Albert Einstein, poetic interpretation by Michael R. Burch
The Whole of Wit
by Michael R. Burch
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Categories:
tang dynasty, animal, growth, nature, peace,
Form: Free verse
Dawn Song
...Dawn song / sweet trills / thin flute roused
Splayed light / warm vibe / worn slats doused
Dream haunts / harsh cough / plumb tears smart
Heart touched / mixed thoughts / frail past frouse
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Categories:
tang dynasty, feelings, image, memory, nature,
Form: Jueju
The Movement From the Rice Fields
...If you have never seen it,
How could you hear the song here;
If you have recited the poem "To Commiserate Farmers,
There will be more understandings shining in the night sky;
The movement compose...
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Categories:
tang dynasty, appreciation, encouraging, farm, sympathy,
Form: Lyric
Journey To the West In the Tang Dynasty-N
...As early as C.629 a Chinese monk Xuanzang of Jingtu temple
Motivated by the poor quality of translations of Buddhist scripture
Undertook a hazardous journey to bring the original from India
Despi...
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Categories:
tang dynasty, philosophy,
Form: Free verse