Goethe
A portrait of Beauty:
The air around her is intoxicating.
She drowns your soul
in a green "veil of sweet darkness."
Her eyes are seductive
as she devours your flesh--
"A monster, forever devouring,
regurgitating, chewing and... – by Linda Arnott | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Alexander Pope
In the Royal Garden--
Merlin's Cave--
"A Gothic Library!"
A Greek and Roman sanctuary.
From the darkness of years,
and the chaos of words,
a perfected labyrinth in your mind--
divided into thirds.
Drink coffee morning,... – by Linda Arnott | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
The Literary Prisoner of Rome
will find an audience once more.
Hey you, set the book on the table
and turn off the light.
Now go open the door
and let the madman in.
The darkening abyss joins two abstracts
and... – by Linda Arnott | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Tamura Ryuichi
10
"the vertical nightmare of medieval Gothic"
descended from the sky at 8:15
on August 6, 1945.
Time was distorted by a shadow of creation,
and space, became unrecognizable--
reflected in prismatic colors
from a mushroom... – by Linda Arnott | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Tu Fu
The oldest soul to ever live
in the land of make-believe.
Drinking Dragon's Eye tea
from the pool of illusion.
One eye is the golden Sun,
the other the silver Moon.
Across a landscape of Jade mountains
and "drifting sand in the... – by Linda Arnott | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Wang Feng-Yuan
"Call the East Wind back"
from the Turning Wheel of Time,
and the echo of a long journey.
Plant a rainbow of flowers and trees:
Peach, apricot, and plum.
White lilacs, purple orchids,
pink lotus, red persimmons,
golden... – by Linda Arnott | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Po Chu-I
A long time ago,
"A thousand ancient forevers gone."
Exiled to Lu Mountain,
beyond the Empty Gate,
where the Void begins,
edge of the Eternal View.
Mystic mountain
covered by clouds.
Cicada's enchanted song
reflected in the... – by Linda Arnott | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Su Shih
The Jade River
wraps around the world.
Never once straight.
The cosmic crazy eight.
Waters flow to a surreal horizon
and a thousand forevers,
at the end of every day.
Let it be what it is.
"The rest of my life,
on the river,
... – by Linda Arnott | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Li Ho
Beyond the River of Silver,
past the bright full Moon--
a cloud, white as a ghost,
blows the Celestial Wind.
Out of the "White Dawn,"
a Unicorn flies on the storm.
A golden steed reflecting
the light of the Sun.
A mane flowing... – by Linda Arnott | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Tao Yuan-Ming
The River of Stars
shine upon the earth,
spinning webs of light,
into a story of silk:
On the River of Eternity
a stranger drifts thru the wilderness.
A trail of red petals float,
like footprints on water,
leading the... – by Linda Arnott | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Hsieh Ling-Yun
"Brushing my clothes"
I embrace the wind,
past haunted Kunlun Mountains.
I hear the voices of the Immortals.
Echoes of the stones speak.
I listen to their wisdom.
Walking alone in the darkness
the empty sky fills with stars.... – by Linda Arnott | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Wang Wei
The Jade Coach approaches
on a lonely moonbeam of light.
Red dust fills the doorway.
Adorn a red silk jacket.
Walk to the Jade Coach
on sixty year old bones--
and never look back.
Disappear beyond the mountains,
vanish into... – by Linda Arnott | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Liu Tsung-Yuan
"an old man" banished
to the Land of Lonely Dreams
beyond the River of Stars
and looking-glass moonbeams.
ten thousand skies
starlight the dragon's eyes
beyond the River of Snow
twelve hundred years... – by Linda Arnott | 0 Views added 1 year ago
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Han Shan
Cold Mountain,
10,000 feet above the world.
Climb to the top just once
and touch the dome of the sky.
It is enough for one lifetime.
Rest on a bamboo mat,
dream in... – by Linda Arnott | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Chu Yuan
On the fifth day of the fifth Moon,
a suicidal death at the Milo River.
In present day China--a Dragon Boat Festival
and offerings of rice, cast on the water.
A Silent Flute plays your poetry for centuries.
On this fortunate day,
... – by Linda Arnott | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Li Po
Drink from the empty cup,
filled with abominations
and self-enlightenment.
Journey upstream thru the Three Gorges.
Legend says the world ends there.
Even the sacred mountains have been banished.
Your kingdom is immortal,
as are your... – by Linda Arnott | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Cherry blossom spring.
Pink rain fills the empty sky.
Spring is almost dead.
A looking-glass dream,
beyond this strange world of stone.
Blue roses in spring.
Turning toward the Sun,
a golden chrysanthemum--
a tear from the sky.
The... – by Linda Arnott | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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