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Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

0 posted 2004-11-13 02:42 PM

Bright sky
Late summer
A strong wind
over green fields

Far away
the sacred mountains
White mists
evaporate
to fall again as rain

Gibbons cry
in heaven’s forest
Dragons fly
above the clouds

Don’t fret old man
A time will come

Someone
somewhere
will like your poems

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

1 posted 2004-11-13 02:55 PM

Well, I did like this one, so vivid and
you could feel the scene before you.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2004-11-13 05:24 PM

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2004-11-13 06:17 PM

Smiling as I sip my Chai tea.

~ Time has cast a spell on you,
So you won't ever forget me ~

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

4 posted 2004-11-13 07:57 PM

*smiling at you*

Perhaps we don't always agree on Philosophy, John, but I truly admire your poetry.

Your choice of spare words to convey imagery is indeed very effective, and there is a soothing and tranquil undercurrent that I always enjoy while reading.

and yes, someone, somewhere, does indeed like your poems.

~DreamChild~
Senior Member

since 2001-04-23

Posts 544
in your dreams

5 posted 2004-11-13 09:51 PM

AWESOME!

~Express Yourself~

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

6 posted 2004-11-13 10:15 PM

"It is astonishing that Chia Tao, a uniquely clear-tempered poet of hard luck, Zen sobriety, and durable friendship, has not had a full translation until now. The wait has been worth it.... A crisp introduction and well informed bibliography are all the more reason to light a stick of incense."

--Andrew Schelling, The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University"
referring to the recent translations of Zen monk Chia Tao's (T'ang dynasty 779-843). Now to order this:
"When I find you again, it will be on mountains."

Thanks for the beautiful write John, and a reminder to read this particular book.

Drauntz
Member Elite

since 2007-03-16

Posts 2905
Los Angeles California

7 posted 2007-04-27 04:40 PM

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