Well done Andrew!
- Peter Ciccariello
On 5/3/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> wonderful. the picturesque tranquility of the best of chinese poetry,
> along
> with a tone that is decidedly relevant & modern.
>
> KS
>
> On 03/05/07, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Hi all ... I'm back from Xi'an now, having drummed in Drum Towers,
> > belled in Bell Towers, walked city walls and climbed Taibai Mountain
> > (in the footsteps of Du Fu and Li Bai) ... so a notebook poem for a
> > 'snap'. A bit of background: it is a story that Li Bai (aka Li Po) was
> > a little pissed and weary on the mountain and threw his brush and
> > inkstone away, thereby colouring the mountain black in places. That
> > was many moons ago, but today under this month's full moon, my beloved
> > is on an Aboriginal station on the Gibb River in The Kimberley area of
> > Western Australia - a thoroughly red dirt part of the world. Now, read
> > on ... and all comments welcome.
> >
> > I saw a shining moon last night
> > through leafy poplars and pines
> > on Taibai Mountain
> > and thought of you awake
> > amid the lowing of Brahmin bulls.
> >
> > I thought of Li Bai
> > spilling his ink down the mountain
> > leaving black stains
> > and wondered whose Dreaming
> > spilt red on the Kimberleys?
> >
> > Moon waxes and wains
> > and pulls the tides
> > like the force that draws
> > me to you - the only fence
> > between us is distance.
> >
> >
> >
> > Andrew
> > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> > http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
> >
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