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Subject: CHUANG-TZU (4TH CENTURY)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CHUANG TZU TAKES A NAP, by TIMOTHY MURPHY    Poem Source                    
First Line: When I was a wizened poet
Last Line: I dreamed I was a poet %imagining a swan
Subject(s): Chuang-tzu (4th Century); Farm Life; Homosexuality


CHUANG-TZU, THE MONIST, by PO CHU-YI    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Chuang-tzu levels all things
Last Line: A phoenix is superior to a reptile!
Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi
Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Chuang-tzu (4th Century)


GAIA, by GARY SNYDER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Deep blue sea baby
Last Line: Ah.
Subject(s): Chuang-tzu (4th Century); Earth; World


LACQUER-TREE GARDEN, by P'EI TI    Poem Source                    
First Line: Love of leisure is as natural as morning sun
Last Line: Like an old woman sauntering among twigs of trees
Subject(s): Chuang-tzu (4th Century); Zen Buddhism


THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 15, by HAN SHAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Chuang-tzu said for his funeral
Last Line: For those who live honest death is fine too
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Chuang-tzu (4th Century); Death; Funerals; Dead, The; Burials