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Poems from the Chinese

Ezra PoundAbstractThese poems, for the most part from the chinese of Rihaku (as contained in the notes of the late Ernest Fenollosa), appeard in Cathay, Lustra, and in The New Age.…

The Jewel Stairs' Grievance

The Jewel Stairs' GrievanceThe jewelled steps are already quite white with dew, lt Is so late that the dew soaks my gauze stockings, And I let down the crystal curtain And watch the moon…

The River Merchants Wife: A Letter

The River Merchants Wife: A LetterWhile my hair was still cut straight across my forehead Played I about the front gate, pulling flowers. You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse, You…

A Ballad of the Mulberry Road

A Ballad of the Mulberry RoadThe sun rises in south-east corner of things To look on the tall house of the Shin For they have a daughter named Rafu (pretty girl). She made the name for…

Old Idea of Choan

Old Idea of ChoanIThe narrow streets cut into the wide highway at Choan, Dark oxen, white horses, drag on the seven coaches with outriders. The coaches are perfumed wood, The jewelled…

Passages from "The River Song"

Passages from "The River Song"Five clouds hang aloft, bright on the purple sky, The imperial guards come forth from the golden house with their armour a-gleaming.…He goes out to Hori, to…

Sennin Poem

Sennin PoemThe red and green kingfishers flash between the orchids and clover, One bird casts its gleam on another. Green vines hang through the high forest, They weave a whole roof to…

Poem by the Bridge at Ten-Shin

Poem by the Bridge at Ten-ShinMarch has come to the bridge head, Peach boughs and apricot boughs hang over a thousand gates, At morning there are flowers to cut the heart, And evening drives…

Ts'ai Chi'h

Ts'ai Chi'h The petals fall in the fountain, the orange-coloured rose-leaves, Their ochre clings to the stone.

To-em-mei's "The Unmoving Cloud"

To-em-mei's "The Unmoving Cloud"“Wet spring time,” says To-em-mei, “Wet spring in the garden.”IThe clouds have gathered and gathered, and the rain falls and falls, The eight ply of…