Venice masks

Wednesday 7 October 2015

Woods - Liu Qiyu

Reaching each root in sequence
the hidden water is silver-white
advancing in the way cogs catch onto cogs

Softly this hand-crafted news
reaches the fresh leaves

Liu Qiyu (20th century) Taiwan
Translated by Chenxin Jiang and The Poetry Translation Workshop

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