A Web Chapbook from
The Literary Review


Cid Corman

In Memoriam



LI PO
Young Strong and Willing

Young strong and willing
Sword in hand alone
How much ground covered
Chang-I to Yu-Chou
Ate the Shou-yang ferns
Drank at the Yi's source
Got to no-man's-land
Nothing but old graves
Of them two high points
Chuang Chou Po Ya rest
No longer around
I have gone far—why