Monday, January 21, 2008

Mid-winter Poem


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Originally uploaded by Randuwa
I went to bed early last night only to awake around 1:30 A.M. this morning. Alert, I read a slim volume of poems by the classic Chinese poets Li Po and Tu Fu.

And then this.....a new poem.


MIRACLE

I awoke in the middle of a night
too quiet for sleep.

The three-quarters moon revealing
a lonely, indifferent world

Where only last night the bitter wind set
the chimes to dancing with a raucous joy!

Who's to say what miracle
tomorrow may bring?

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