Friday, March 8, 2019
BEI DAO ~
At the Sky's Edge
love among the mountains
eternity, that patience of the earth
simplifies our human sounds
one arctic-thin cry
from deep antiquity until now
rest, weary traveler
a wounded ear's
already laid your dignity bare
one arctic-thin cry
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Bei Dao
At the Sky's Edge
translated by David Hinton
Poems 1991-1996
New Directions
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