{"id":6025,"date":"2026-09-27T15:17:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/pastis\/?page_id=6025"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:44:22","slug":"moments-in-the-manner-of-ancient-poems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/pastis\/collections\/moments-in-the-manner-of-ancient-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Moments in the Manner of Ancient Chinese Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I<\/p>\n<p>Dawn frames a landscape<br \/>\nthrough a window sash.<br \/>\nLight dissolves the solid<\/p>\n<p>volumes of the room,<br \/>\nsoaks up shadows.<br \/>\nSmooth and steady<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>as a potter throwing clay<br \/>\nthe pendulum taps out<br \/>\nthe still nebulous<br \/>\ncoming shape of day.<\/p>\n<p>This pervading silence<br \/>\nis a hot-house in which<br \/>\nmy woe will ripen.<\/p>\n<p>Can I have awaited dawn<br \/>\nso long to no avail?<br \/>\nO let there loom<br \/>\nfor me a theshold<br \/>\ntoward something other.<\/p>\n<p>V<\/p>\n<p>This little booth is round,<br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>lit from within,<br \/>\nand surrounding night<br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>sticks like soot<\/p>\n<p>smudging its panes.<br \/>\nI write within this booth,<br \/>\na giant lantern<br \/>\nwith a smouldering wick.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Penned<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>into my dream<br \/>\nI \u00a0am tucked in by silence.<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i> <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>After Jean-Aubert Loranger<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i> I<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>L&#8217;aube encadre un paysage<br \/>\nAu ch\u00e2ssis de la fen\u00eatre.|<br \/>\n<\/i><i>La lumi\u00e8re absorbe l&#8217;ombre,<br \/>\nElle d\u00e9solidifie<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i>Le volume de la chambre.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Je suis au petit d\u00e9but<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i>Impr\u00e9cis d&#8217;une journ\u00e9e<br \/>\n<\/i><i style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Que la pendule tapote,<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Doucement, comme une glaise<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Pour lui faire un avenir.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Le grand silence m&#8217;enclot<br \/>\nComme une serre chaude<br \/>\n<\/i><i>O\u00f9 ma peine doit m\u00fbrir.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Il ne se peut pas, que j&#8217;aie<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Attendu l&#8217;aurore en vain.<br \/>\n<\/i><i style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">l faut qu&#8217;il ait, pour moi,<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Le commencement, aussi,<br \/>\n<\/i><i>De quelque chose.<\/i><i><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i> V<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Le petit kiosque est rond,<br \/>\n<\/i><i style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0il est allum\u00e9<br \/>\n<\/i><i>par le milieu, et la nuit<br \/>\n<\/i><i style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 d&#8217;autour colle aux vitres<br \/>\n<\/i><i>comme une noirceur de suie.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Et j&#8217;\u00e9cris dans dans le kiosque,<br \/>\n<\/i><i style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0lanterne g\u00e9ant<br \/>\n<\/i><i>qui aurait beaucoup fum\u00e9.<br \/>\n<\/i><i style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Parqu\u00e9 en mon r\u00eave,<br \/>\n<\/i><i><\/i><i>je suis bord\u00e9 de silence.<\/i><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Dawn frames a landscape through a window sash. Light dissolves the solid volumes of the room, soaks up shadows. Smooth and steady\u00a0 as a potter throwing clay the pendulum taps out the still nebulous coming shape of day. This pervading silence is a hot-house in which my woe will ripen. 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