<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">The Chinese Peaks</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;"> </span><i>For Donald Hall</i></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">I love the mountain peak</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">but I know also its rolling</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">foothills</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">half-invisible</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">in mist and fog.</div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">The Seafarer gets up</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">long before dawn to read.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">His soul</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">is a whale feeding</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">on the Holy Word.</div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">The soul who loves the peak</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">also inhales the deep</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">breath rising</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">from the mountain</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">buried in mist.</div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Robert Bly</div></div></body></html>