Monday, April 27, 2015

Ming poet Chen ZiLong 陈子龙 横云山石壁铭

Ming poet Chen ZiLong 陈子龙 横云山石壁铭



Sunday, April 26, 2015

ISBN#978-7-5458-0126-2 Old Shanghai Travel Book with Poems and Newspaper Drawings

An Very Cute Old Book
ISBN#978-7-5458-0126-2 Old Shanghai Travel Book with Poems and Newspaper Drawings

There's a Chinese bookstore on Elizabeth St. in Chinatown NY. I often go dig up some good books there. On Sat I discovered a book written by a Qing Dynasty author, Old Shanghai Travel Guide Booklet (1st published 1876),  contain a poem and a newspaper drawing on each page, total 356 drawings, two Chinese poems depict Qing Opium dudes truly funny, load them up here for some laugh:)









Friday, April 24, 2015

Old Age

Old Age
Laijon Liu 20150424

Mirror reflects presence and recalls our past
old age with grey hair is but a wrinkled coat

Am I this? Were I that? Our prime, a hologram
Gold satin has faded, becomes ashy bandage

Strip off the heavy shell and the dead skin
Life must embrace sunlight and Mother Earth





Saturday, April 4, 2015

Nightbloom Cereus

Nightbloom Cereus
Laijon Liu 20150404

Those years of mild sun rays and lucid dews
your seasons of tranquility among the blooms
last night, under the golden moonlight
your fragrant heart suddenly bloomed-
For whom? -and quickly faded into memory.