The ladle's cast aside, the cup not green, The stove still looks as if a fiery red. To many places, communications are broken, I sit, but cannot read my books for grief.
Chinese poet
From the poem 'Thoughts on a Night Journey', commonly attributed
c. 765 AD (approximate)
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"How I long to lie down in some gully, alone and untrammeled! But I laugh at myself: an old madman growing older, growing madder."
Strange & Unusual"I've watched the spring pass away again, When will I be able to return?"
Humorous"A falcon hovers at the edge of the sky. Two gulls drift slowly up the river. Vulnerable while they ride the wind, they coast and glide with ease."
Humorous"I’m so poor I can’t even afford to be sick."
Strange & Unusual"I laugh at myself: an old madman growing older, growing madder."
Humorous