Su Shi Poem by David Brooks

Su Shi

Rating: 5.0


Leaving the town in the mountains
after seven years’ exile from his native province
the old poet meets a woman one third his age,
the most beautiful he has ever seen in this place.
“Will you not write a poem about me”, she asks him,
“since you have written so many others?”
He looks at her a long time
then nods his head regretfully.
To write, he thinks to himself, or be haunted:
some questions do not have answers.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sylvia Frances Chan 04 November 2021

Most beautiful poem today, but very thought-provoking.5 Stars for its fragility. Amazing lovelist written

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