From the balcony of a restaurant overlooking the river ...
White bird wheeling,
River of jade quiet flows,
Evening light fades.
Life without a roadmap! There is a precedent: Xenophon wandered around Asia Minor without a map and called the journey an 'Anabasis'. A couple of thousand years later The Good Soldier Swejk managed to turn his march to war into an Anabasis. Now it's my turn.
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Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
22 April 2007
Haiku - Wulai, Mountain Taiwan ...
Walking alone along a mountain path, I encountered three pleasant women, taking a break,
Smiling as I pass,
The women offer to share
Some guavas they brought.
Smiling as I pass,
The women offer to share
Some guavas they brought.
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