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Authors: Tony Barnstone
The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry (3 page)
To the Tune of “Spring at Wu Ling”
To the Tune of “Silk-Washing Brook”
To the Tune of “Immortal by the River”
To the Tune of “Lone Wild Goose”
To the Tune of “The Fisherman's Song”
To the Tune of “Butterflies Adore Blossoms”
On the Fourth Day of the Eleventh Month During a Windy Rainstorm
Record of Dream, Sent to Shi Bohun, to the Tune of “Night Roaming in the Palace”
Thinking of Going Outside on a Rainy Day
To the Tune of “Phoenix Hairpin”
Tang Wan's Reply, to the Tune of “Phoenix Hairpin”
Written on a Wall in the Boshan Temple, to the Tune of “Ugly Servant”
The Night of the Lantern Festival, to the Tune of “Green Jade Table”
Village Life, to the Tune of “Clear Peaceful Happiness”
Preface to “Hidden Fragrance” and “Sparse Shadows”
To the Tune of “Song of Divination”
from
In May of 1233, I Ferried Across to the North
Departure, to the Tune of “The Song of
Tangduo”
To the Tune of “Washing Creek Sands”
To the Tune of “Prelude to Oriole Song”
ZHENG YUNNIANG
(
UNCERTAIN DATES
)
To the Tune of “West River Moon”
Guilt at Leaving the Hermit's Life
To the Tune of “Thinking About Nature”
Autumn Thoughts, to the Tune of “Sky-Clear Sand”
Autumn Thoughts, to the Tune of “Sailing at Night”
Taking a Nap by a Mountain Window
In Reply to Shen Zhou's Poems on Falling Petals
Saying Good-bye to My Young Brother
ANONYMOUS EROTIC POETRY, COLLECTED BY FENG MENGLONG
(
1574–1646
)
A Nun in Her Orchid Chamber Solitude Feels Lust Like a Monster
We're Only Happy About Tonight
from
Ten Scenes of the West Lake: Broken Bridge in Melting Snow
JI YINHUAI
(
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
)
To the Tune of “Drunk in the Spring Wind”
On Meeting an Old Flame, to the Tune of “Immortal by the River”
A Stray Poem Written While Living in the Mountains
A Stray Poem Written in the Fields
To the Tune of “Endless Longing”
To the Tune of “Washing Creek Sands”
To the Tune of “Bodhisattva Barbarian”
To the Tune of “Mulberry-Picking Song”
On Painting Bamboo for Governor Bao in My Office in Wei County
On the Twelfth Day of the Second Month
from
Twenty-two Miscellaneous Poems on the Lake
Mocking Myself for Planting Trees
A Comment on Wang Shigu's Painting Portfolio
from
Poem Composed While Living at Houyuan Garden
To the Tune of “Song of Flirtation”
To the Tune of “Beautiful Lady Yu”
To the Tune of “A Song of the Cave Immortals”
To the Tune of “Clear and Even Music”
To the Tune of “Washing Creek Sands”
A Poem Written at Mr. Ishii's Request and Using the Same
Rhymes as His Poem
SU MANSHU (THE HALF MONK)
(
1884–1918
)
FROM MODERN TO CONTEMPORARY
(1911-Present)
from
Saying Good-bye to the God of Disease
Sonnet 1. “Our hearts are ready to experience”
Sonnet 2. “Whatever can be shed we jettison”
Sonnet 6. “I often see in the wild meadows”
Sonnet 16. “We stand together on a mountain's crest”
Sonnet 21. “Listening to the rainstorm and the wind”
Sonnet 24. “A thousand years ago this earth”