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From my youth up I never liked the city.
I never forgot the mountains where I was born.
The world caught me and harnessed me
And drove me through dust, thirty years away from home.
Migratory birds return to the same tree.
Fish find their way back to the pools where they were hatched.
I have been over the whole country,
And I have come back at last to the garden of my childhood.
My farm is only ten acres.
The farm house has eight or nine rooms.
Elms and willows shade the back garden.
Peach trees stand by the front door.
The village is out of sight.
You can hear dogs bark in the alleys,
And cocks crow in the mulberry trees.
When you come through the gate into the court
You will find no dust or mess.
Peace and quiet live in every room.
I am content to stay here the rest of my life.
At last I have found myself.
— Tao Yuan Ming (Tao Qian) Chinese, 365-427
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Good Morning, indeed, Gerard. Act!
And a good morning it is! Thank you, sir.
Too much heroing going on.
Isn’t anyone normal any more?
Powerful.. Gerard, Thank you!
We’re all just Abby Normal,Ghost. 🤠
Wonderful Sunday morning wake-up,thank you Mr V.
Tickles me that the speaker of those powerful words is named Tom O’ Bedlam.
What a great name! Leave it to the Irish…
How did I get Anonymous? Guess I need another cup of Caffeine and Hate.
Awesome.
“Art is long, and Time is fleeting,” Has been our toast for well over 15 years when we tip a glass during the break at our life drawing sessions.
& regarding the reader, Tom O’; https://poetsmusings-muser.blogspot.com/2010/07/tom-obedlam-reads-poetry.html
Hah,knew the name was too good to be true! Great link,thank you James.
I’m sorry that I have shitforbrains. All I can think of is how I dated his GGD, who bore the name Longfellow.