Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 123, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography First Line: Wealth and position attract distant kin Last Line: Even leather shoes wear thin Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Family Life; Poverty; Wealth; Relatives; Riches; Fortunes | ||||||||
Wealth and position attract distant kin all because of more rice and money poverty and hardship part flesh and blood not because they're less than brothers pushed to extremes they return home the Center for Worthies hasn't opened yet walking down Red Bird Street is a waste even leather shoes wear thin | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL LIFE IN A LIFE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 3. A HAIRPIN TURN ABOVE READING, JAMAICA by WILLIAM MATTHEWS IMAGINE YOURSELF by EVE MERRIAM THE PROPHET by LUCILLE CLIFTON I AM FIFTY-TWO YEARS OLD' by KENNETH REXROTH LAST VISIT TO THE SWIMMING POOL SOVIETS by KENNETH REXROTH PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG ANARCHIST by KENNETH REXROTH THE POEMS OF BIG STICK: 1 by HAN SHAN |
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