Hi Gary,
Is it the species that's empty or the sky? I know what you're meaning, but
are you saying what you mean?
Bob
>From: Gary Blankenship <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: (Number eleven in a series of transformations of Wang Wei's River
>Wang poems.) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:24:22 -0700
>
>(Number eleven in a series of transformations of Wang Wei's River Wang
>poems.)
>
>A River Transformed XI: After Wang Wei's Huazi Ridge (2)
>
>Between Ridges, Canyons
>
>A raptor soars above empty lands,
>a speck against the clear desert sky,
>species unidentifiable -
>empty except for tower, post and pole
>along distant ridges and the march
>of house and trailer up ever steeper slopes.
>
>The bird, unfettered, dives towards prey
>only he and turkey buzzards can see.
>I watch, uncertain of the difference
>between hawk, falcon and kite.
>Our lunch sits untouched, the iced tea
>visited by hornets - or is it wasps?
>
>Magpies squabble over the remnants
>of a dead crow in a broken fire ant nest.
>
>
>The literal translation from a web site:
>
>Fly bird go no limit
>Join mountain again autumn colour
>Up down Huazi Ridge
>Melancholy feeling what extreme
>
>http://www.chinese-poems.com/ww2.html
>
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