Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 3, by HAN SHAN


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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 3, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The cold mountain road is strange
Last Line: Form asks shadow where to
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Roads; Paths; Trails


The Cold Mountain Road is strange
no tracks of cart or horse
hard to recall which merging stream
or tell which piled-up ridge
a myriad plants weep with dew
the pines all sigh the same
here where the trail disappears
form asks shadow where to





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