Chinese Long Wall: Warriors Wind Leaves Spent Poem by Terence George Craddock

Chinese Long Wall: Warriors Wind Leaves Spent

time sleeps warriors
wind leaves spent
no longer guards

armoured behind

walls arrow ports
nomadic invaders
sand time swallowed


Terence George Craddock (Shadows Of Light)
Copyright © Terence George Craddock

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Inspired by the poem 'An Untended Stretch Of The Great Wall' by the poet Zhu Zhu, translated by the poet Denis Mair. Dedicated to the poets Zhu Zhu and Denis Mair. Split image from the poem 'Great Wall Of China: Earth Dragon', by the poet Terence George Craddock. Written in June 2024 on the 20.6.2024.
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