Tanka for the Year of the Ox
Patiently, the ox
plods toward where the road leads,
hoof by careful hoof,
head low, horns toward the ground,
it counts the pebbles and stones.
-----------© Rafael Jesús González 2009
Tanka para el año del buey
Pacientemente el buey
trajina
hacia donde el camino lleve
pesuña por pesuña cautelosa,
cabizbajo, cuernos hacia el suelo,
cuenta las guijas y las piedras.
------------© Rafael Jesús González 2009
Laozi on an Ox
Zhang Lu (1490-1563)
Laozi
is said to have composed the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching)
while traveling mounted on an ox.
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1 comment:
Dear Mr. Gonzalez,
Willow Glen Books, San Jose, CA, has a number of your pamphlet poems in stock. We regret to inform you that our store will be closing (after 17 years of bus.) or sold within the coming months. Would it be possible for you to come pick up your pamplets - they may be subject to disposal or donation otherwise.
Thank you, Willow Glen Books
408-298-8141
ps. enjoyed finding your blog and reading there - I am an Ox and was born the exact same day as our new president.
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