Slanting Eyes,
Crystal clear.
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Morning serenade punctuated by arising and awaking
Awaking and arising,The bewitching silence and the lull breaking overInto ripples of bird music and flutters and flies,Together with the fishermen at work,Netting somewhere in the landscapeAnd the cobwebs shining overIn the fist flashes of the morning sun,The green grass still laden with the dewsFallen during the night-timeAnd what more to picture and penetrate into?The…
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None but I myself
DigitallyFrom a digital camera,A smartphoneTo make a self portrait of mine.
O, palanquin-bearer, which way,
Has my little daughter gone,Gone away,O, palanquin, palanquin-bearer,My small daughter going,Going awayAfter boarding the palanquin,The palanquin,She getting ontoAnd you lifting itTo take away,To take away to her in-laws’ house,O, palanquin,Palanquin-bearer,Tell me, tell me,How the way,The way is,How far, how far,How, how will she,Take care, you take care ofMy daughter, my daughter,O, palanquin, palanquin-bearer!A small girl,…
The yaks taking me
To Tibetan PlateauTo Mongolia, Russia,The yaks,Long-haired bovidsWith the long, dense furHanging overAnd with the sturdy legsThe shortish lambish yaksSo beautifully hued.