“The Last Poem of Su Tung-p’o”
The last line of probably the last poem of Su Tung-p’o (1037-1101), knowing he was soon to die:
“Beyond treetops I see the slant of a bridge.”[1]
I’m sure the slant he saw went upwards.
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[1] Selected Poems of Su Tung-p’o, trans. Burton Watson (Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1994), p. 45.
