In
Suzhou,
at
Temple Confucius
I lay my head down
at Temple Confucius
upon this sunny stone
by Garden Surging Wave
in the city of gardens
Suzhou
Thank you Fan Zhongyan
For laying these stones
In 1035, setting down
Exams and lessons
To be learned by a
Future
Near breezes curling
through the penjing
by Kongzi’s bronze
whose upturned hands
catch falling sun without
Complaint
The stone cools
No one but Kongzi
And I, blinking awake
Among cypress and stone
With erudition we have grown
Old