Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 153, by HAN SHAN


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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 153, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pettiness really gets petty
Last Line: Until they collapsed and both were ruined
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Greed; Laughter; Avarice; Cupidity


Pettiness really gets petty
nobody's heart is the same
Old Yin laughed at Old Liu
Old Liu laughed at Old Yin
why did they laugh at each other
both took devious paths
loading their carts higher and higher
until they collapsed and both were ruined





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