Jade Immortality Poem by michael oliver
Jade Immortality
Red silk link tablets
-jade by jade
Mark a once space
- of mortal wish
Now a private immortal
-cased in silence
Her inclined features
-through the stare
How close am I
-the ache apparent
Her inquiring look yearns
-at the response
The dream is made
-of endless life
The solitary plaques unanimous
-declaim the reality
The shape is itself
-its own reply
Thursday, September 13, 2012
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I went to an exhibition of Chinese tomb goods from the second century bce. On my second visit i became tuned to the wonders on display I was engrossed in some very simple terra cotta horses and riders when I glanced up and saw a lady bent over a suit of jade that was supposed to imbue the dead wearer with immortality.
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