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Leaning on a Cane


© 2006
BASID #694

Beth Ames Swartz
Leaning on a Cane
acrylic, holographic film and paste on canvas
24” x 32” (diptych: 2@24" x 16"; 0.61m x 0.81m)
2006


Words in blue visible in painted frame


Du Fu
(712 - 770 A.C.E., Chinese); also Romanized Tu Fu.


Leaning on a Cane

Even in the city, come leaning on a cane,
I gaze at stream-side blossoms. Here
Mountain markets close early, and riverboats
Gather at the bridge in spring. Lighthearted

Gulls flutter among white waves. Returning
Geese delight in blue skies. All things shade
Together in earth's passion. But I, all
Desperate chill, I brood over years gone by.