Realm of the Vermilion Bird
written by: Cindy Medina
@Cindy_M65
The Vermilion Bird;
spark of mytho-poetic
dreams, southern icon.
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Dreams of Southern T’ang:
Canopus in black jade night-
realm of The Red Crow.
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Dawn clouds – spires and spines.
Night sea lights – glimmer and gleam.
The views from Lingnan.
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Come to Ghost Market
by the sea, before cock-crow;
rare treasures to find.
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In silken nights near
Nam-Viet, vermilion tears
drip from red candles.
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The Fire God’s realm-
vermilion, cinnabar, red;
mystic southern land.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
Inspired by the book “The Vermilion Bird: T’ang Images of the South” by Edward Schafer.
Cindy Medina
Cindy is a published poet who writes an average of one poem per day. She's also written five novel-length stories, is working on two others, and hopes to be an author very soon. Cindy resides in the Desert Southwest of USA with D, her husband since 1993.
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