Poems

Overnight at the Riverside Tower Evening colors linger on mountain paths. Out beyond this study perched over River Gate, At the cliff’s edge, frail clouds stay […]

Rain Roads not yet glistening, rain slight, Broken clouds darken after thinning away. Where they drift, purple cliffs blacken. And beyond — white birds blaze in […]

Restless Night As bamboo chill drifts into the bedroom, Moonlight fills every corner of our Garden. Heavy dew beads and trickles. Stars suddenly there, sparse, next […]

Spring Night in the Imperial Chancellery Evening falls on palace walls shaded by flowering trees, with cry of birds flying past on their way to roost. […]

Thoughts of Li Po from the World’s End Here at the world’s end the cold winds are beginning to blow. What messages have you for me, […]

To the Recluse, Wei Pa Often in this life of ours we resemble, in our failure to meet, the Shen and Shang constellations, one of which […]

Afterwards- Her life was touched with early frost, About the April of her day, Her hold on earth was lightly lost, And like a leaf she […]

Angelus A deep bell that links the downs To the drowsy air; Every loop of sound that swoons, Finds a circle fair, Whereon it doth rest […]

At the Cedars You had two girls — Baptiste — One is Virginie — Hold hard — Baptiste! Listen to me. The whole drive was jammed […]

Avis With a golden rolling sound Booming came a bell, From the aery in the tower Eagles fell; So with regal wings Hurled, and gleaming sound […]