Kunming Lake
created in Han times
imagine the flags and banners
of Emperor Wu
statue of the Weaver Girl
silent in the moonlight
and the stone sea-monster whose scales and fins
moved in autumn wind
wild rice floating on the river
daark under low clouds
cold dew on the lotus
its spilled pollen red
beyond the mountain pass
the sky road only birds can travel
rivers and lakes to the world's end
and one old fisherman.