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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 99, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Disappointed impoverished scholars
Last Line: Even mongrels won't touch them
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Poetry & Poets; Poverty; Scholarship & Scholars
First Line: Disappointed impoverished scholars
Last Line: Even mongrels won't touch them
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Poetry & Poets; Poverty; Scholarship & Scholars
Disappointed impoverished scholars
know the limits of hunger and cold
unemployed they like to write poems
scribbling away with the strength of their hearts
but who collects a nobody's words
may as well save your sighs
write them down on rice-flour cakes
even mongrels won't touch them
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