Limbed lyrics

by Wei Santang / March 17th, 2024

Thou hath the lyric sweet (Photo: Faye Sarras)

A word to each note attached
in solitary song unmatched
Unheard tones to unseen ears
lilting echoes of untold years.
Thou hath the lyric sweet
Who writes the score
that leaves between us,
sets the tempo when we meet.

Wei Santang is a scholar born and educated in the Far West in the second half of the 20th century. Faye Sarras teaches English and records the activities of plants from the mountains to the garden to the kitchen. Faye and Santang are the authors of In Solar Terms. The forthcoming books are: Temples of the Heart in Anqing and Porto (with He Ying); On Mushrooms and Mountains (with Faye Sarras). Read other articles by Wei.

This article was posted on Sunday, March 17th, 2024 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.