judy prince wrote:
>Maple Leaf Bridge Sheep Stop
>
>
>the moon sinks
>a crow screams
>all is frozen
>including the sky
>
>I face a bank of red leaf maples
>a fishing boat light
>and sleepless worry
>
>at midnight
>outside Soo Jo city
>a Shan Mountain Temple
>bell sound strikes the boat
>I am a stranger here
>
>~~~~~~~
>Jang Ji
>China, 800 A.D.
>translated 10-7-05
>by Judy Prince
>
>
I of course have no way to be "critical" of a poem out of any Asian
language, but this reads gorgeously...only thing as a poem in English is
a word as multisyllabic as "including." Not sure what a substitute
might be. Years ago I'd read around in Li Po, Li Ho, and Tu Fu, marvel,
wonder at how seemingly disconnected images create something in the mind
that is cohesive.
ken
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