Letter Smuggled In A Fish by Yuan Chen
Letter Smuggled In A Fish
Yuan ChenYour letter unfolds and unfolds forever.
I flatten it with my hands to read:tearstains, tearstains and a trace of rouge
where it must have touched your cheek
MARGINALIA
This is so beautiful.
ABOUT YUAN CHEN
Yuan Zhen (born 779, Luoyang, Henan province, China—died 831, Wuchang, Hubei province) was a key literary figure of the middle Tang dynasty of China, influential in the guwen (“ancient-style prose”) revival, which employed the styles of the early classical Chinese writers. (Source)
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