Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 18, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography First Line: I spur my horse past ruins Last Line: Unnamed in the records of immortals Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Animals; Chinese Literature; Decay; Horses; Lament; Mortality; Ruins; Rot; Decadence | ||||||||
I spur my horse past ruins ruins move a traveler's heart the old parapets high and low the ancient graves great and small the shuddering shadow of a tumbleweed the steady sound of giant trees but what I lament are the common bones unnamed in the records of immortals | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PUT BACK THE DARK by MARVIN BELL PUTREFACTION by CHARLES BUKOWSKI WHAT COULD HAPPEN by DORIANNE LAUX SURFACE AND STRUCTURE: BONAVENTURE HOTEL, LOS ANGELES by KAREN SWENSON SEVEN ODES TO SEVEN NATURAL PROCESSES: ODE TO ROT by JOHN UPDIKE THE POEMS OF BIG STICK: 1 by HAN SHAN |
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