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All the Poetry

All the Poetry

Sharing as much poetry as possible

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Posted bypoetically
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in/allthepoetry-Feb 27 at 10:00 AM

Daily Share Post: February 27

  • poems
  • poetry discussion
  • poetry recs

What poems have you read and loved today? Have you written any? Please post in the comments or link to a top-level post in the comm!

Comments2
  • Esther JonesFeb 27 at 3:07 PM

    Today's Google Allo poem was Farewell to a Friend by Li Bai:

    Green mountains bar the northern sky;
    White water girds the eastern town.
    Here is the place to say goodbye;
    You'll drift like lonely thistledown.
    With floating cloud you'll float away; Like parting day I'll part from you.
    You wave your hand and go your way;
    Our seeds still neigh, "Adieu, adieu!"

    I thought that last line was a little odd, so I Googled the poem, and discovered that this is a translation of a Chinese poem:

    青山橫北郭 , 白水遶東城
    此地一為別, 孤蓬萬里征
    浮雲遊子意, 落日故人情
    揮手自茲去, 蕭簫斑馬鳴

    And that last line should probably say "steeds" instead of "seeds." Here's a better translation. It doesn't rhyme, but we all know that's not necessary for a good poem.

    • poeticallyFeb 27 at 3:10 PM

      Oh, that's lovely! Both versions, though I think I also prefer the unrhymed version with more focus on meaning.

All the Poetry

All the Poetry

Sharing as much poetry as possible

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