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Some poetry and thoughts...
Chinese Friends, on their spiritual philosophy
(after Confucius)
to be nice, kind, and helpful
and not to do harm to others.
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Mao Tse-Tung
The road is long
The difficulty is there
and it is not insurmountable
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Mooring at Night by Maple
Bridge (after calligraphy purchased
11/25/99)
by Zhang Ji/Chang Chi 740~780
The setting moon, a cawing
crow, the frost filled sky;
River maples, fishermen's
flares, and troubled sleep
From the Cold Mountain Temple,
outside Suzhou,
The tolling of the midnight
bell reaches the wanderer's boat.
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Return
by Landsberger Joe
Early morning
Red line glow horizon below me
soft deep color pottery
my China return
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| Public life is a mesh of person,
bike, car, bus, subway; only because getting from
one place to another involves time and remote, yet
intimate contact with this great population of
individuals, with an impact on so great a number
on your immediate environment. This constant
flux and flow provides the setting. For the poor,
it takes its toll on the human psyche since so
much effort is needed to navigate this sea of
humanity. For those better off and/or educated,
the navigational challenge is made easier by
better, less taxing, modes of transportation or
convenience.
Once installed in the work, home, or social
environment, affordability directly affects
separation from this mass of individuals, and the
degree of refuge from this mass of individuals to
family-friendly life. |
Landsberger Joe
One
tear in gratitude
expressed
one thousand
feelings
of appreciation
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