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Whoops, Roger points out it should be 'wanes' not 'wains'. Sorry folks. Androo On 03/05/07, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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/ > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/