Saturday 9 May 2020

time
drops
from the dragon clock*

With acknowledgement to The Song of Kiều by Nguyễn Du
Translated with an introduction by Timothy Allen (2019)
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241360668

* a clock that dripped water to indicate the passage of time
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