And you did! I love this. More than anything, I want people to respond to these poets, because they feel so present in their writing. There's this weird clarity in the best Tang poetry where these ancient men and women just seem to be talking to us in a very direct way about subjects that are still as relevant and personal as ever. And talking back to them is only polite! I'm throwing out this grab bag of whatever poems catch my eye in the hopes that other readers will respond when something speaks to them. Thank you.
I am going to do a riff on this. The original inspires me.
And you did! I love this. More than anything, I want people to respond to these poets, because they feel so present in their writing. There's this weird clarity in the best Tang poetry where these ancient men and women just seem to be talking to us in a very direct way about subjects that are still as relevant and personal as ever. And talking back to them is only polite! I'm throwing out this grab bag of whatever poems catch my eye in the hopes that other readers will respond when something speaks to them. Thank you.
https://stirlingnewberry.substack.com/p/jade
As you can guess I read the original. Badly.
Still, it struck a chord, because this was the first that I had encountered it.
I will be back to see if others do the same.