Ten thousand li

(for Shanshen)

by Wei Santang / May 5th, 2024

Sharing moonlight

Beneath the woven sky
toil hesitant hands
in streets emptied of time
by solitude and silence
Two by labour bound
sharing moonlight
in too distant lands
one brazen, one shy.

Wei Santang is a scholar born and educated in the Far West in the second half of the 20th century. Faye Sarras teaches English and records the activities of plants from the mountains to the garden to the kitchen. Faye and Santang are the authors of In Solar Terms. The forthcoming books are: Temples of the Heart in Anqing and Porto (with He Ying); On Mushrooms and Mountains (with Faye Sarras). Read other articles by Wei.

This article was posted on Sunday, May 5th, 2024 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.