Clouds Apart

by Wei Santang / August 18th, 2024

Attend to precipitate (Photo: Faye Sarras)

Stones stacked simply
Lift and separate
Fluid, solid, gaseous
perceptions from reflections.
Clouds clustered carelessly
attend to precipitate
on tiles, soil and toil
ablution for confusion.

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, August 18th, 2024 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.