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OP This poem is by the second century Han poet, Liu Cheng.
It provides such a direct link between there and then and here and now;
such unlooked for recognition took me aback.
"Office work, a wearisome jumble;
ink drafts, a crosshatch of deletions and smears;
racing the writing brush, no time to eat;
sun slanting down but never a break;
swamped and muddled in records and reports;
head spinning till it's senseless and numb.
I leave off and go west of the wall,
climb the height and let my eyes roam:
square embankments hold back the clear water,
wild ducks and geese at rest in the middle –
where can I get a pair of whirring wings
so I can join you to bob on the waves?"
Do you like it?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Grounded dxb 04/08/03 02:45 PM Re: Grounded wwh 04/08/03 04:48 PM Re: Grounded WhitmanO'Neill 04/09/03 12:26 AM Re: Grounded Zed 04/08/03 11:42 PM Re: Grounded RhubarbCommando 04/09/03 12:10 PM Re: West of the Wall Zed 04/09/03 10:32 PM Re: West of the Wall Buffalo Shrdlu 04/09/03 10:35 PM Re: Grounded doc_comfort 04/10/03 01:11 AM Re: Grounded Bingley 04/10/03 02:06 AM
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