Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 68 by HAN SHAN

First Line: ABOARD THIS BOAT OF ROTTEN WOOD
Last Line: ALAS IT'S DUE TO BITTERNESS
Subject(s): BOATS; CHINESE LITERATURE;

Aboard this boat of rotten wood
gathering fruit of the nimba tree
here we are in the open sea
where the waves never cease
only one-day's food along
shore a billion miles away
what's the cause of our distress
alas it's due to bitterness



Home: PoetryExplorer.net