Tang Dynasty Poems - Poems about Tang Dynasty

...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 Li Bai loose translation/int......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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 fo......Read the rest...

...Epigrams VI These are humorous epigrams including a form I call "Less Heroic Couplets." Less Heroic Couplets: Mini-Ode to Stamina by Michael R. Burch When you’ve given so much that I......Read the rest...

...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 ____......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...