8.3.08
Often called the Empress of Song. She was one of the most brilliant and innovative poets of the Sung dynasty. Her courage, her sharp tongued literary criticism, and her passionate poems portray a remarkably liberated woman for her time.
There is the book, the inkstone,
the table. But he who was
in my life has disappeared.
It is hard to speak through tears.
I've heard it's always spring
at Wu Ling, and beautiful.
I'd take a little boat and drift.
alone on the water,
but I'm afraid a boat
so small would sink
with the weight
of all my sorrow.
--(1084-1151)
written, GeminiSide
