ALONG THE YANG-TZE: - A few reflections on an ancient river IMAGE: Some folded textual space with hints of water and stone. With bottle of w ine I float through rivers of t ime past willows and p lum blossoms falling g racefully towards the sea History here seems deep and eve n though the silt is thick waters flow on: beings are mere blips Gazing at the Yang-Tze the river seems to speak through shades of viridian, emerald, and green For a while I ignore the smokestacks - drifting, drifting, drifting . . . Yang-tze . . . see . . . dizzy . . . sea . . . An-Yi: I can hardly read this junk. Bhäraté: This poem isn't meant to be read - just experienced. An-Yi: What kind of nonsense is that? Bhäraté: Reading is just one way of experiencing. Many facets of life have no words. ===================================================================================== from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: Some reflections on Asia's longest river. KEYWORDS: Cháng Jiāng, Yangtze, Long River, Gold Sands River, pictorial poetry Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 2002 in Nagoya, Japan ≜ Finished: 2021 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/bamboo.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/spring.htm TRANSLATIONS: Chinese: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/yanzhe.htm Japanese: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/yousukou.htm Spanish: https://www.tnewfields.info/es/pasando.htm