Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 213, by HAN SHAN



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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 213, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I hiked yesterday to the summit
Last Line: Is now a pile of ashes
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Hiking; Mountains; Trees; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


I hiked yesterday to the summit
and peered down a thousand-foot cliff
a tree stood at the edge
the wind bared its two limbs
the rain had stripped it of leaves
the sun had dried it like dust
alas such a once-verdant bloom
is now a pile of ashes





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