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Ah Andrew but that same moon shines on you both -wave at it Patrick -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of andrew burke Sent: 03 May 2007 12:49 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: back on deck 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/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/785 - Release Date: 02/05/2007 14:16 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/785 - Release Date: 02/05/2007 14:16