Leaving the City

[Billy]

Leaving the City

Lying in bed I read Chinese poetry.
The sleepy moon in the window

barely keeps its eye open. Du Fu
is by a river, in a thatched hut,

growing vegetables to feed weary
guests. The river becomes the moon,

a rainbow, a heron taking flight.
It's all moving slowly but surely

into a poem that delights Du Fu
more than royal courts and city lights.

[morkhenderson]

I really like this - thanks!

[Michael (MV)]

 
The last 3 lines like this poem itself


yes, leaving this city leaving this world


I want to glide down over Mulholland
I want to write her name in the sky
Gonna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for a while         -- Tom Petty – "Free Fallin'"   1989
 




Michael (MV)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[SivaRamanathan]

Billy

I think this poem is complete. Works well.

Siva