And here I was thinking it was a subtle pun ;-)
mj
andrew burke wrote:
> 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/
>>
>
>
--
Il ne faut pas toujours conter,
Citer,
Dater,
Mais écouter.
Il faut éviter l'emploi
Du moi, du moi,
Voici pourquoi:
Il est tyrannique,
Trop académique;
L'ennui, l'ennui
Marche avec lui.
Marie-Françoise-Catherine de Beauveau, Marquise de Boufflets
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