Japanese traditional color woodblock print of Sparrows, Bamboo and Falling Snow
Sparrows, Bamboo and Falling Snow | Wikimedia Commons

Night Snow

After Bai Juyi

Frank Moone
May 31, 2022

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Unexpected chill falls on my quilt, pillow.
The window is bright again.
I sense the late night snow falling, so heavy.
Now and then I hear the bamboo snap sharply.

Poetry of the Tang Dynasty

37 stories
A black-and-white ink illustration of a Tang Dynasty individual on a country road with a huge full moon hanging overhead. Created by Frank Moone using Dream.AI.
Color illustration of Tang Dynasty Chinese poet, Du Fu, looking out a window on to a snowy scene. Created by Frank Moone using Dream.AI

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Frank Moone

Cultural criticism, poetry, fiction, classics, philosophy, and plays. Coal miner's son. I read long novels.