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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 ......

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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
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