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by Wei Santang / October 27th, 2024

wet the strings (Photo: Faye Sarras)

Dew fallen collected
in all the days of study
Wet the strings with sighs
In the Earth‘s green cup
waits another spring
with leaves and flowers
Full budding branches
all bound by loving ties.

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, October 27th, 2024 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.