today i present my humble reinterpretation of a timeless classical chinese poem written by Wang Jian, circa 830 AD. the original work is understood to be in the public domain now. i've entitled this "On Hearing of a Friend's Return from War" to differentiate it a bit from the original 1919 Waley translation. all credit to original poet Wang Jian ( ( Read more... )

here is my second, more whimsical and much less literal reimagining of Yuan Zhen's eerily touching chinese poem, the pitcher, written circa 800 AD. the original work is understood to be in the public domain now. i've entitled this version "ghost at the well - or - the pitcher in the well" to differentiate it a bit from my more literal version below ( Read more... )

next i'd like to share my reinterpretation of a chinese poem by Yuan Zhen entitled "The Pitcher." this eerily touching poem was also written circa 800 AD and is understood to be in the common domain now. i've prepared two versions - one a bit more literal and one more whimsical. i've entitled this more literal version: ghost at the well, or the ( Read more... )

here, my re-interpretation of the beautiful chinese poem RAIN by Bai Juyi (also seen as Po Chu-i), dating from the year 815 AD. the original work is understood to be in the public domain now. i've entitled this endless rain to differentiate it a bit from the 1919 Waley translation. however, all credit should go to the original author, Bai Juyi and ( Read more... )

here, my re-imagining of  the beautiful classical chinese poem by Li Bai (also seen as Li Po). the original work, In the Mountains on a Summer Day, is understood to now be in the public domain. i've titled this one summer's day in the mountains to differentiate it a bit from the original. however, all credit should go to the original author, Li Bai ( Read more... )

here, my re-interpretation of the beautiful chinese poem, evening, by Bai Juyi, dating from 835 AD. the original work is understood to now be in the public domain. i've entitled this version evensong to differentiate it a little from the original. however, all credit should go to the original chinese author, Bai Juyi (also seen as Po Chu'i), and to ( Read more... )