Monday, January 26, 2009

Year of the Ox 4707

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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. -

1 comment:

Unknown said...

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.