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percystjoan's review
5.0
been meaning to read more classical chinese poetry for aaages so i'm glad i found this on hoopla!! almost made me cry because i got so overwhelmed by the idea of universal human experiences, it was so good, 10/10
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jade tower's dark
in the new moon,
gauze lace, lowered in
the fresh wind.
we savor spring, and never
finish singing,
faces crimsoned
by the cinnamon wine.
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low skies are cold, as winter closes
with bitter winds' back-flying sleet.
lovemaking under double quilts,
we know
three summers' heat.
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i am
the north
pole star
that never, in a thousand
years,
will change or shift,
but you, beloved, have a heart
as moveable
as the white sun's
that daily, east
to west
must drift.
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double geese
in autumn's sky
make my
delight,
spring's coupling
martins, joy.
but what new matches
can we see,
if eagles seize
the prairie chick,
or the ring-throated pheasant
die?
◆
jade tower's dark
in the new moon,
gauze lace, lowered in
the fresh wind.
we savor spring, and never
finish singing,
faces crimsoned
by the cinnamon wine.
◆
low skies are cold, as winter closes
with bitter winds' back-flying sleet.
lovemaking under double quilts,
we know
three summers' heat.
◆
i am
the north
pole star
that never, in a thousand
years,
will change or shift,
but you, beloved, have a heart
as moveable
as the white sun's
that daily, east
to west
must drift.
◆
double geese
in autumn's sky
make my
delight,
spring's coupling
martins, joy.
but what new matches
can we see,
if eagles seize
the prairie chick,
or the ring-throated pheasant
die?
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