The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry by J. P. Seaton

Author:J. P. Seaton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Facing Snow

Wailing war, so many fine young ghosts:

chanting sadness, one poor lame old man.

A chaos of clouds droops into the sunset:

a rush of snowflakes dances, whirling in the wind.

The wine pot’s pushed aside, cup empty of its green:

the stove abides, there coals glow red.

No news from anywhere gets through.

Sadness sits, to draft a letter

into emptiness.

Thinking of My Little Boy

Pony Boy, it’s spring, and we’re still parted.

The orioles sing, as if to warm away our troubles.

Parted from you: surprised as your birthday passes,

not a one to brag to of the clever things you do.

Water falls, there, by the empty mountain road,

by bramble gate, at Ancient Trees, the village where you dwell.

I think of you, and sleep’s the only antidote for grief.

I toast my back, bent, bowed,

beneath the smiling sunlight on the porch.

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