Tag Archives: Chinese poetry

Losing a Slave Girl

Posted on March 8, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

x Around my garden the little wall is low; In the bailiff’s lodge the lists are seldom checked. I am ashamed to think we were not always kind; I regret your labours, that will never be repaid. The caged bird … Continue reading →

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THE BALLAD OF MULAN

Posted on June 24, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

Creak creak, and again a creak. It’s Mu-lan’s loom there, by the door. But you don’t hear its shuttle speak. You hear her sighs and nothing more. You ask her, Who is in your heart? You ask her, Who is … Continue reading →

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