Twilight Rain

Twilight Rain

 

I thought the early fall is gonna be warm,

but the autumn rain is unseasonably cold,

down from the unapologetic sky.

 

Blew by the wind, the flutes of reeds are short.

Zipping back and forth, a swallow

plucks the long strings of the rain.

 

Someone hangs a flowing curtain

in front of the porch railing.

Looking toward the street light, I see

thousands of flying mayflies, glittering.

 

The rainy twilight, a beauty

in the eye of a lonely beholder,

is getting dimmer and dimmer,

eventually swallows the entire desert.

 

Mesmerized, he falls into dreams

with the scent of some old mud

that they stepped on in another time.

 

【五律】暮雨

 

只道早秋暖，那知秋雨凉。

风吹芦笛短，燕拨雨弦长。

凭槛一帘挂，迎光万点扬

人茕荒漠暝，梦远旧泥香。

 

(© October 15, 2023, godog)

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• Mesmerized, he falls into dreams with the scent of some old -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 13:31:40

• mud that they stepped on in another time. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 13:32:02

• 人茕荒漠暝，梦远旧泥香。旧泥香，写得妙！中英文俱佳。G兄是高产的双语诗人。佩服！ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 13:33:47

• Thanks. When I don't have a writer'd block I try to write as -godog- ♂ (120 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 20:35:36

• So beautiful! Wish I could write poems like that. -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 14:11:05

• You're already a master in the art of your chosen, in photos -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 20:38:47

• Nice poem, thanks for sharing. -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 21:54:45

• Thanks! -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 21:22:36

• Really talented! -爱听歌的奥黛丽- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 07:13:24

• Thank you for your encouraging words! -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 21:23:22

• 赞双语诗！ -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 15:51:06

• 谢谢方兄 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/16/2023 postreply 21:23:58