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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 55, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: The willows grow dark like mist
Last Line: No swallow nests allowed
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Absence; Chinese Literature; Marriage; Separation; Isolation; Weddings; Husbands; Wives
First Line: The willows grow dark like mist
Last Line: No swallow nests allowed
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Absence; Chinese Literature; Marriage; Separation; Isolation; Weddings; Husbands; Wives
The willows grow dark like mist
their wind-borne flowers drift like snow
husband in a wifeless province
wife in a husbandless county
each on a different shore of the sky
when will they meet again
write this line in moon-viewing towers
no swallow nests allowed
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