Kong Yin Poems

Stars glimmering in a stream,
moon flickering on a far mountain,
bamboo leaves rustling,
dogs barking,
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In the wilderness,
clouds scattering and dispersing.
No one beside me
but a little flower.
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A sleeping Buddha on the mountain
lies across the topmost peaks.
Like a creek, time trickles onto him,
sunrise glints on his belly
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I repeat it again:
dear friend
don’t despair
no matter what.
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World, what are you due?
Why urge me write poetry
while others revel in wild parties
and I drift along the seashore?
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Hey, Woodpecker,
why the heck are you so loud,
as if I didn’t know your whereabouts?
Are you making a racket
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Barely did I jump onto my horse
when behind me chased his fatwa;
with my heart of a child I hurried along,
as arrows of sorrow he launched.
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The world is a rollercoaster
rising and dropping rapidly;
it seems, except for me,
everyone screams in their loudest voice
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I am an alchemist.
From the days of Adam and Eve
I began experiments in my laboratory.
I combine and sublimate
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Hey, hold on, Blue Dragonfly!
I know you.
When did you drop by here?
After these thirty years
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