Friday, February 2, 2024

Asia Trip 2023 Inspirations VI - Sanzen-In 三千院, Temple Of Trichiliocosm

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This poem was inspired when I visited the Sanzen-in garden in Kyoto… 1 莫見石池波動難 ‘tis difficult to see stone waves moving without the rock g...

Asia Trip Inspirations V - Mt Fuji In Winter

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  Mt Fuji as we passed it on the Shinkansen on our way to Kyoto and was inspired to create a poem to kill time… 1 白頭翠裙富士山 White headed Mt Fu...

Asian Trip 2023 Inspirations IV - Different Perspectives

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I was doodling while having breakfast at the HK Skycity Marriott but finalized on the plane heading to Tokyo on Cathay Pacific. The two stan...
Saturday, January 20, 2024

Asia Trip 2023 Inspiration III - When Sunshine Stealing In

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While lying in the hotel bed, this first line in black came into my mind but could not go further even though there were many ideas…  The p...

Asia Trip 2023 Inspiration II - A Lute Melody For One

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While having breakfast at the Hilton Hua Hin Executive Lounge, I had an inspiration on this poem… refined during the trip back to Bangkok an...

Asia Trip 2023 Inspiration I - Eternal Spring Shrine

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This was inspired by the scenery at the Shrine of Eternal Spring. 1 朝雲山影翠綠橫 Morning clouds casting shadows on mountain swaths of green, 2 立霧...

Translation Inspiration

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“Like a morning dream dissipating into whispers of memory” came from a Facebook post. It was a challenge for me to translate into classical ...