tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post6426033343964916251..comments2024-02-02T05:45:33.724-06:00Comments on Incoming: John Phippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-78529183343493748402008-03-04T01:38:00.000-06:002008-03-04T01:38:00.000-06:00John, A poem you might like. Things don't change ...John, <BR/><BR/>A poem you might like. Things don't change very much over the years.<BR/><BR/>A Walk in the Country<BR/><BR/>The spring wind raises fine dust from the road.<BR/>Everybody is out, enjoying the new leaves.<BR/>Strollers are drinking in the inns along the way.<BR/>Cart wheels roll over the young grass.<BR/>The whole town has gone out to the country.<BR/>Children scamper everywhere and shout to the skies.<BR/>Songs and drum beats scare the hills <BR/>and make the leaves tremble on the trees.<BR/>Picnic baskets and jugs litter the fields<BR/>and put the crows and kites to flight.<BR/>Who is that fellow who has gathered a crowd?<BR/>He says he is a Taoist monk.<BR/>He is selling charms to the passersby.<BR/>He shouts, waves his hands, rolls his eyes.<BR/>"If you raise silk, these will<BR/>grow cocoons as big as pitchers.<BR/>If you raise stock, these will<BR/>make the sheep as big as elk."<BR/>No one really believes him.<BR/>It is the spirit of spring in him they are buying.<BR/>As soon as he has enough money,<BR/>he will go fill himself with wine<BR/>and fall down drunk,<BR/>overcome by the magics of his own charms.<BR/><BR/>Su Tung P'o (A.D. 1036-1101)<BR/>Translation by Kenneth Rexroth from his book "One Hundred Poems from the Chinese"<BR/><BR/>RogerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-3164448350681541682008-03-03T12:48:00.000-06:002008-03-03T12:48:00.000-06:00John, Thanks for doing your part in making this Cl...John, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for doing your part in making this Classic a great event. I would say the General Session started and ended with great talent. <BR/><BR/>Randy P. KrotzAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07323666261422834392noreply@blogger.com