As Gary will tell you he and I are reading a lot of Chinese poetry at the
moment. It has its effects:
SOMETHING WILL ALWAYS HAPPEN
Something will always happen
even after the mere opening
of eyes
and the beginning of awareness
from the assumptions of unconsciousness
and the confusion of dreams
when the body will sream
for food
a voice scream for life
or distain for it -
had it time develop
its perfect philosophy before tiring
for while three quarters
of Wang Wei's poems no longer exist
and only suggestions of his painted scroll
we can still
sit beside a river
or inside a temple like his
over a thousand years later
and recreate his poems for him
over and over again.
bw
James
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