Meng Heng
Fei Wo Qiu Tong Meng Tong Meng Qiu Wo
Chu Shi Gao Zai San Du Du Ze Bu Gao
Li Zhen


Concealed Gift.
Not as a caged bird, wings flapping
Are my two lances of action
Straight-jacketed in careless concealment,
Camouflage suits us just fine!
Such as that moment when knife cuts the umbilical,
Your first Yarrow reflection bellows loud and clear as an ox.
Fishing twice, thrice -- your nets cast the water for shells out of reach.
These aftershots are engravings tiny as the first roots of germinating seeds,
Hardly worthy of an ox.
Enjoy this happy coincidence.


Little blossom, Tun
As a picture and yet in
Writing upside-down

Picturing a bloom
Yet reading it as writing
Tapestry reversed

Yarrow tapestry
Seeing the image upward
Writing it downward

You have a partner
Little blossom in hiding
Written upside-down

The stalks cover you
In my yarrow family
A new friend greets me

Pictures and writing
Complement light and shadow
Seen together whole

The fragrant flowers
Cover the hidden motion
First impressions last

Piglets seek nursing
Mother quietly beneath
Wisteria blooms

Hidden quietly
Idea seeks audience
Best hold the first thought

Yarrow stalks the thought
Imaging the tapestry
Paired upward downward

First blossoming then
Covering uncovering
New unique moments

First thoughts hold clearest
Casting this net twice, three times
Empty, wet, no shells

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