Tien Lai Poems

Embosom with Nature's piquancy of
 shape and loom  
Earthly, red bedrocks; jutted towers;
 carved beneath the heavenly cocoon    
...

Vibrant, warm breath of Spring pervades everywhere,
 yet I can still feel Winter's frost.
Days are longer and brighter,
 yet where is the luster in the heart.   
...

I looked and looked
and could not find my soul
 or God to me
  or to thee
...