5 Poems for Willow

May 1, 2017 Mark Obama Ndesandjo2 Comments

Willow was of a merchant family of Luo Yang City. Her father was rich and successful in business but drowned in a storm’s tossing waves. Her mother did not care so much for her sons but doted on Willow. At 17, she started to apply makeup and wear her hair in a bun, without much…… Continue reading 5 Poems for Willow

Poem Without a Title 1

December 27, 2016February 4, 2017 Mark Obama Ndesandjo2 Comments

I believe I am a great poet, but perhaps I am not. My name is Li Shangyin. I am a writer from the great Tang Dynasty. Well, not so great, unless one praises corruption, cabals, ostentation, endless battles between the Taoists and the new Buddhist religion from the West, and ignoring the poor and downtrodden.…… Continue reading Poem Without a Title 1

A Tang Poet From Nairobi

The Complete Poems of Li Shangyin Interpreted into English by Mark Obama Ndesandjo

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