Out in the early morning

[Lake]

（旧作，挖出来，经过加工修改，再发。）

Out in the early morning

Dawn, a wooden cabin asleep.
Alone I take a trodden path
to Yellowstone Lake,
where everything is calm, quiet.
A tree trunk lies ashore
half buried in the sand.
I climb on it and sit. Suddenly,
a golden gopher scurries away
under my bare feet
as a line of wild ducks dot the waves,
rising and falling. Not far,
a man is fishing, content,
reminiscent of a legendary old man,
fishing with a straight hook, no bait.
I smile at this thought.
Again, the ripples roll gold and silver
dropped by the new sun.
I regret missing its leaping from the horizon -
its splendor, majesty.
The far ranges are
a mirage in the hazy clouds
while the water murmurs rhythmically
against the shore, as if singing,
"Come earlier next morning."
My book lies forgotten in my hand.

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the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry -- Billy Collins

[mahuairong]

Is this idea from one of the ancient Chinese poems? This new version makes me feel calm and content.
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You see me, you lose me

[Lake]

It is from my experience of going to Yellowstone Park years ago, though there is a reference of Jiang Taigong in the poem, which is how I felt at that time. Funny.

Of which Chinese poem did this one remind you?

Thanks for reading and commenting.

Lake
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the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry -- Billy Collins

[William Zhou周道模]

自然美景、动物动态、钓鱼人静态、“我”的情思动态构成了迷人的幻景。

对西方读者来说，去掉“姜太公”的联想那几句可能更自然和谐。
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诗歌是灵魂的歌唱.
周道模

[Lake]

谢谢William 的讲评。