Thursday, June 27, 2019

When You are Old - 老態龍鍾

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    When you are old and grey and full of sleep,        老來蒼髮眠滿間 And nodding by the fire, take down this book        壁爐火邊欲瞌時 And slowly r...

Lost Youth - 高飛年華

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Ji Qingyan from Facebook’s Page of Chinese Poetry wrote a poem: 廿三自述 锦瑟拂思弦色泠，年华回首始堪惊。 遥期中岁云霄阔，漫对朽儒江海平。 难老终将成易老，多情却总作无情。 此生函谷西边寄，梦海萦纡烟水青。 His...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

My Own Seventh Night - 己身七夕

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船頭夜釣孤燈前  was the inspirational line. However, I could not cap it and so I  tried to give it a rest by doing a 5-character version wit...

Thinking of the Six Ethereal Hermit - 懷六如居士

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船頭夜釣孤燈前 came about as I woke up on Tuesday, June 04, 2019. Tried to cap it but I was unable to do so. What I had was so contrived. In the e...
Wednesday, June 5, 2019

夜怨 Night Lament

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The first draft for the first four lines from 紫霞深鎖水月天 was easily done as I had a storyline. The second verse was a bit more difficult as I...
Tuesday, June 4, 2019

The Grand Scheme of Things - 大道志

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For this one, I have to thank Patrick Hulsman for posting this photo... The original first inspired line was  小橋莫識大道志. 小橋愚惷大道 志, Cl...

Another Interpretation

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This poem was started as I was waking up with the line lingering from my dream world,  花間霧罩烟鎖客 Fog engulfs the world of flowers as mists ...