Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 172, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography First Line: I'm poor alas and I'm sick Last Line: All these cares wear a man down Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Grief; Poverty; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
I'm poor alas and I'm sick a man without friends or kin there's no rice in my pot and fresh dust lines the steamer a thatched hut doesn't keep out the rain a caved-in bed hardly holds me no wonder I'm so haggard all these cares wear a man down | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS THE POEMS OF BIG STICK: 1 by HAN SHAN |
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