Classic poem of the day
Too Much
A Roman had an
artist, a freedman,
contrive a cone — pine-cone
or fir-cone — with holes for a fountain. Placed on
the Prison of St. Angelo, this cone
of the Pompeys which is known
now as the Popes', passed
for art. A huge cast
bronze, dwarfing ......
Member poem of the day
Farewell to a Lofty Monk
Liu Changqing (709-785)
A lofty cloud has met a common crane,
But how to live together in this land?
Don’t stay out here, though filled with fertile hills,
So many know this place, like grains of sand.
| Chinese 送上人 劉長卿 |