The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse by Pine Red Stonehouse

Author:Pine, Red, Stonehouse [Pine, Red, Stonehouse]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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The sunrise in the east the sunset in the west

the bell at dusk the rooster at dawn

the flux of yin and yang has turned my head to snow

over the years I’ve emptied a hundred crocks of pickles

I plant pines for beams where I find room

I spit out peach pits and make a peach-tree trail

this is for the bow-wary birds in the world

head for the mountains and choose any tree

Note: The Chinese often eat pickles with their meals, especially the morning meal. For those, such as hermits, who don’t have much else, pickled vegetables are often the main course at meals during the winter. The Chankuotse () says, “When a bird that has been previously shot at hears a bow string, it flies away as fast as it can” (Chutse).

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