Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Poetry redux

"On this moonlight night
on Hansan Isle
I sit alone in the watch tower.
Great sword worn on
the side,
I feel weighed down by
worries.
From somewhere the sad
note of a pipe rends my heart."
(Yi Sun Shin)

1 comment:

Paula said...

I love this poem, it echoes such loneliness!