Five T'Ang Poets Quotes

“Time of meeting,
time of parting,
winds fade and
flowers wait.


Time drug until we met,
even more in parting,
Spring winds fade,
but the flowers are waiting.”
― Li Shang-yin, Five T'Ang Poets

“why do we waste ourselves at twenty
scrambling for positions
just so we can work for someone else?”
― Li Ho, Five T'Ang Poets

“Who'd have thought our tracks
would cross again like this?
where's the time got to?
and why is life
so full of goodbyes?

as we part in the yard
roosters are crowing in the trees
and we cry a little
drunk and happy
tears threading our cheeks.”
― David Young, Five T'Ang Poets