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Postcard Poems from Paul

 POSTLUDES & FAREWELLS

 VI. YUYUAN GARDEN, SHANGHAI
Reflections in a Double Haiku

A stop on the trail through the fabulous Yuyuan Garden

 

Timeless garden, quaint
Pavilions. Bridge spans ponds where
Koi are all agape.

Contemplate, reflect
Among the sculpted stones, and
Breathe the wisdom past.

m n o l o n m

©2006 by Paul Hertelendy. The photograph is courtesy of the official website of the Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, China. This column first posted July 3, 2006.

Poet Paul Hertelendy is also a critic with the San Francisco Bay Area arts website www.artssf.com. To visit his website, click here: PAUL


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