Saturday, December 8, 2012

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Gu Cheng



Poplar

when I lost an arm,
I opened an eye









Nameless Flowers: Selected Poems of Gu Cheng. George Braziller Inc. 2005.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Jasmine

Wisconsin & O


Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Gu Cheng


The Return 

don't go to sleep, don't
Dear, the road is long yet
don't go too near
the forest's enticements, don't lose hope

write the address
in snowmelt on your hand
or lean on my shoulder
as we pass the hazy morning

lifting the transparent storm curtain
we’ll arrive at where we are from
a green disk of land
around an ancient pagoda

there I will guard
your weary dreams
and drive off the flocks of nights
leaving only bronze drums, and the sun

while beyond the pagoda
tiny waves quietly
crawl up the beach
and draw back trembling 



Nameless Flowers: Selected Poems of Gu Cheng, New York: George Braziller Inc., 2005

Monday, September 17, 2012

Gu Cheng


The Source

springwater stairs
a horse on a chain tripping through trees

all of my flowers come from dreams

my flame
the ocean's green hue
the strongest soldier in the clear sky

all of my dreams come from water

link upon link of sunlight's chain
air brought in a wooden box
the postures of the fish and birds

lowly I have spoken your name


Nameless Flowers: Selected Poems of Gu Cheng, George Braziller Inc., 2005

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Bagan

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Inle Lake

Friday, March 2, 2012