Yao Wu
The painting
has moved so many
times across
years
hidden
in books and papers stored
overlooked
until this time
of recollection
and consideration,
a Chinese
junk between
gorges at
sunset
hand
done by the one
who
inscribed it, called me
dear and
used my name
The
painting moves me now
as it never
has before
deep
waters multi-greened
golden
highlights from a sun
soon
setting, far into the scene
dimensions
starkly felt
the
paint, the view
his
simple words, handwriting
more art
than characters, below a name
this New
Year’s day, an artist lad.
Iron flowers from Anhui
Iron flowers spread
across white snow
framed in black
with black signature to match
formed twisting round
branches
bursting with buds near
pine nuts left from last season
overlooked
by that certain monkey who
knows where to find them
hidden on boughs
forgotten on mountains
where iron flowers
bloom
rich for depicting
on this traditional frame
your gift
Wuhu’s beauty
treasured.
Blue silk with double happiness
Double happiness woven
white within silk
sky blue pale as
a far horizon
fades
single gossamer threads
silk near transparent
held to light
palest shadows
softest hue
waning into distant shades
at noon each day
where a middle
kingdom proved
good luck
with double happiness
calligraphy and porcelain
a gift of silk scrolled
waiting
for a poem.
Writing creatively as Ogiér Jones, Adèle calls Freiburg i. Br. and
Melbourne home.
Professional writing is published under her name Adele M.E. Jones. Her latest
collection of poems Counting the Chiperoni is published by Ginninderra
Press (2019) along with her latest chapbook Bonhommes (Ginninderra
Press, 2020) written for the artwork of Moroccan artist Aziz Kibari. She appears
in numerous anthologies and has been shortlisted and awarded in poetry competitions.
These three poems were written for Lunar New Year 2021 and, like much of her
poetry, comes out of her international and intercultural work.
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