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Li Po
Li Po
(701-762 / Chu / Kazakhstan)
Poems by Li Po : 88 / 97
To Tu Fu From Shantung - Poem by Li Po
You ask how I spend my time--
I nestle against a treetrunk
and listen to autumn winds
in the pines all night and day.
Shantung wine can't get me drunk.
The local poets bore me.
My thoughts remain with you,
like the Wen River, endlessly flowing.
Li T'ai-po
tr. Hamil
Poems by Li Po : 88 / 97
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Read poems about / on: autumn, river, night, time, wind
Poem Submitted: Tuesday, December 31, 2002
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..............wonderful poem and letter to a friend, beautiful imagery ★ (Report) Reply