Again, I enjoy the read. A lot of punctuation though ,which I thought held
up the flow. Hope you like my posting of a poem inspired by Wang Wei.
bw
James
>From: Gary Blankenship <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: New: Leaving the City
>Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:09:17 -0700
>
>(Halfway, my #10 is his #10.)
>
>(The tenth in a series of transformations of Wang Wei's River Wang poems.)
>A River
>
>Transformed X: After Wang Wei's South Hill (10)
>
>Leaving the City
>
>A fisherman waves,
>his skiff lifted by the ferry's wake
>and waves from a tramp steamer headed north
>to deliver toys to the river's children
>
>As a blackfish pod breaks the surface,
>passengers crowd against wet windows;
>the city's lights shattered behind,
>the sun's last red radiance ahead.
>
>I leave with too many questions,
>the answers in firs along a gravel stream?
>You seem certain, your smile without doubt,
>except when you glance south, behind us.
>
>Beneath the water, ghost nets, spotted shrimp,
>shadows lost to a painter's palette.
>
>The literal translation from a web site:
>
>Light boat south hill go
>North hill vast expanse hard reach
>Separate bank see person home
>Long way off not recognize
>
>http://www.chinese-poems.com/ww9.html
>
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