The Autumn Fog

Johnson K Gao
self translated from his own old Chinese poem
October 18, 2014

Hills are blocked by the milky fog.
Crickets are singing under the green bed.
Fuzzy stone houses are hiding among woods.
Blurring flowers across the window are climbing up.

(Chinese tone of the original verse read in English)

Yuan Kan Bai Sha Yan Ching Shan.
Gin Ting Chiow Tsrong Ming Tsui Tan.
Shi Woo Meng Long Yin Fang Tsao.
Shjuan Hua Mee Lee Shang Chuang Lai.

(The Chinese calligraphy of the same poem in 28 characters)