{"id":85,"date":"2014-01-12T18:49:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T02:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frank-ed.com\/blog\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2020-11-27T08:41:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T16:41:55","slug":"poetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[ (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-18091549-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); \/\/ ]]><\/script><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-165 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/stones_sm-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"stones_sm\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Delible words, ephemeral images&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Poetry: A Space where words + images + imaginations meet &lt;&gt; collide\u00a0&lt;&gt; coalesce creating meaning that can be at once\u00a0personal\u00a0and sublime.<\/p>\n<p>A sample of my writing can be found below. More poems are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/poetry.frank-ed.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/poetry.frank-ed.com<\/a>. (Contact me for the password to access this page.)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-241\" src=\"http:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/View-from-a-train.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/View-from-a-train.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/View-from-a-train-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/View-from-a-train-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/View-from-a-train-768x1075.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><br \/><br \/>Ningbo, Zhejiang China &#8211; 19 July 2020<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_274\" style=\"width: 328px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274\" class=\"wp-image-274 \" src=\"http:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Poem-for-Dad-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Poem-for-Dad-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Poem-for-Dad-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Poem-for-Dad.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illinois (2020)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_275\" style=\"width: 524px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-275\" class=\"wp-image-275 \" src=\"http:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Autumn-Grace-2009-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Autumn-Grace-2009-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Autumn-Grace-2009-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Autumn-Grace-2009-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Autumn-Grace-2009.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Gabriel, California (2009)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245\" src=\"http:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/quietness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/quietness.jpg 680w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/quietness-300x106.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/> \u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Ars Poetica<br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My poem is rain gathered in pools<\/p>\n<p>At the foot of the <em>Tian Shan <\/em>Mountains,<br \/>Palely reflecting the naked sky.<br \/>It is an ancient stone-shaped mountain stream<br \/>Carelessly careening to a cataract<br \/>Unseen below but heard.<br \/>My poem is eternal sea,<br \/>Ceaseless in its hidden rhythms<br \/>Restless across untrammeled depths.<br \/>My verse, a\u00a0 single dew drop on autumn leaf<br \/>Brightly facing frozen future,<br \/>Bending the morning light.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Pasadena, California<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>29 December 2010<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-244\" src=\"http:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mountain.stream.poem_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1166\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mountain.stream.poem_.jpg 1166w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mountain.stream.poem_-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mountain.stream.poem_-1024x359.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mountain.stream.poem_-768x269.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1166px) 100vw, 1166px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Beijing Sunrise (a tanka)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mist hides autumn dawn<br \/>In the distance, a crane rises<br \/>To build the next floor<br \/>Bicycle, voice, and bus sounds<br \/>Sink with my <em>longjing <\/em>tea leaves<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Beijing, China<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>23 October 2007<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-246\" src=\"http:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rainpoem.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"709\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rainpoem.jpg 709w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rainpoem-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-247\" src=\"http:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wind.poem_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"907\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wind.poem_.jpg 907w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wind.poem_-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wind.poem_-768x274.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Bajo el Sol<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bajo el so hay dos lugares<br \/>Lugares lejos, pero no lejos<br \/>Donde la arena toca al mar<br \/>Y donde dos monta\u00f1as distantes<br \/>les saludan entre el pasar de nubles<\/p>\n<p>Bajo el sol hay dos lugares<br \/>Uno real, y el otro oscuro<br \/>que solamente se reunen al anochecer<br \/>cuando llega el tiempo de sue\u00f1os<\/p>\n<p>Hay dos lugares bajo el sol<br \/>Perdidos en las sombras de memorias<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pasadena, California<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>el 13 de junio 1996<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168\" src=\"http:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/butterlfy.poem_.jpg\" alt=\"butterlfy.poem\" width=\"999\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/butterlfy.poem_.jpg 999w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/butterlfy.poem_-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/butterlfy.poem_-768x297.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" 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A sample of my writing can be found below. More poems are available at http:\/\/poetry.frank-ed.com. (Contact me for the password to access this page.) \u00a0 Ningbo, Zhejiang China &#8211; 19 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280,"href":"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frank-ed.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}