{"id":3986,"date":"2017-10-18T15:38:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T22:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=3986"},"modified":"2017-10-20T21:10:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T04:10:35","slug":"3986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=3986","title":{"rendered":"\u767d\u9e6d\u5728 \u8def\u8fb9"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How’s that for a catchy title?\u00a0B\u00e1i l\u00f9 z\u00e0i l\u00f9 bi\u0101n.<\/em><\/p>\n

This egret had flown over from the estuary to light on our front yard, already graced with palmetto and agave.<\/p>\n

I set about wondering what the Mandarin is, afflicted as I have become with sinophilia, first relapse in almost forty years.<\/p>\n

A few finger hops produced\u00a0\u9e6d<\/b> heron, egret proper being\u00a0\u767d\u9e6d<\/b>\u00a0b\u00e1i l\u00f9, <\/em>white heron.<\/p>\n

Homophony is common in Chinese, therefore a regular poetic device. Once I\u00a0noticed that the sound of\u00a0\u9e6d<\/b> heron is the same as road \u8def\u00a0<\/b>l\u00f9<\/em>, and recalled the sound of\u00a0\u767d white b\u00e1i<\/i>, the colour of mourning and death, I what now seems instantaneously composed my first five character line of classical verse.<\/p>\n

\u767d\u9e6d\u5728 \u8def\u8fb9<\/b>
\nb\u00e1i l\u00f9 z\u00e0i l\u00f9 bi\u0101n<\/em>
\nAn egret lit on the roadside<\/p>\n

Probably amateurish to a trained eye, but it’s my first one. Now I keep imagining where this verse can go.<\/p>\n

Whoa minute<\/i>! It already is a poem. If you are willing to allow I am the egret.<\/p>\n

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How’s that for a catchy title?\u00a0B\u00e1i l\u00f9 z\u00e0i l\u00f9 bi\u0101n. This egret had flown over from the estuary to light on our front yard, already graced with palmetto and agave. I set about wondering what the Mandarin is, afflicted as I have become with sinophilia, first relapse in almost forty years. A few finger hops … <\/p>\n

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