Yangtze Poems - Poems about Yangtze

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How lovely and how strange a river is. A river is a river, always there, and yet the water flowing through it is never the same water and is never still. ......Read the rest...

...I traveled almost everywhere, growing up. It took years. The landscapes, flora and fauna, the art, music, cuisines and curse words all seem to blend together in my mind. Mount Fuji, the Rhine, the......Read the rest...

...after Ho Chi Minh I The stone basin holds still water. The still water drinks the arid sponge as rays of pure energy slake their thirst on the ebon wings of crows II Ya......Read the rest...

...Welcome to China’s gorgeous Yangtze River third largest river in the world rising at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains christianed Quian by Marco Polo seventeen hundreds renamed Blue River......Read the rest...

...SORROWS OF THE WILD GEESE by HUANG E These are my modern English translations of poems by the Chinese poet Huang E (1498–1569), also known as Huang Xiumei. She has been called the most outstanding......Read the rest...

...Chinese Poets: English Translations II These are modern English translations of poems by the Chinese poets Tzu Yeh, Lin Huiyin, Xu Zhimo and Huang E. These are poems about love, passion and beauty......Read the rest...

...Heavily laden boats, rectangular sails billowing Under seas of low cloud, braving the fierce Yangtze; Held between snow......Read the rest...

...I once spent a week in the drunk tank couldn't handle the spirits that I drank the cuisine wasn't half bad we even had a few laughs but I had to guard my butt with a shank ………………………………………………......Read the rest...

...I carve and cut my quarters from a cork tree Intermittently pausing to assess my progress Young yet yellowing Yggdrasil on the Yangtze Getting grander but perishing in the process Good God gaze ......Read the rest...

...In the Hubei province of China central, Is a city which is regal. On the banks of the Yangtze mighty, A busy hub for trade, basking in glory. Wuhan is the name, known to many, Is now in the ne......Read the rest...

...Himalayas Eons ago in the planet’s evolution, During tectonic plate movement: 1 The Indian Island Ma moved northward Crashing into the Eurasian continent, To form the Himalayan m......Read the rest...

... Whenever a ginseng breeze blows, Tokyo tears fall in my heart — I have mountain village longings for distant her My lonely home sits below sea-level blue, my sabishi jia is sinking be......Read the rest...

...I know of, and I rest in awe of the illimitable greatness of the river Congo, and the Yangtze. I know of and I rest in awe of the brilliance and grandeur of Mt. Everest and Mt. Speke. I k......Read the rest...

...Quayside bazaar Odd artifacts; Trinkets to go ~~~~~~~~~ Poignant tune Old memories flood; Trip to yesterday ~~~~~~~~~ Airport arrival Homecoming route; Mid-afternoon buzz ~~~......Read the rest...

...Flow mighty rivers, what all have you seen Rise and fall of empires, string of storied kings As veins carry blood, you give Earth its life Carving the landscape as if done by a knife Ancient, so anci......Read the rest...