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| + | ==Book Two== | ||
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| + | ===[[Death Blossom]]=== | ||
| + | Origami: a paper flower folded from paper with skeletons drawn upon | ||
| + | it. | ||
| + | [[Image:skeletons.png|thumb|left|Dancing Skeletons]] | ||
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| + | ===[[On the River]]=== | ||
| + | A paper chain with raindrops painted on one side, water on the other. | ||
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| + | ===[[Travelling with the Butterfly Prince: Part II]]=== | ||
| + | * Hide Outside | ||
| + | * Tong Throng | ||
| + | * ''Other'' Brother | ||
| + | * Fated Hated | ||
| + | * Girl Whirl | ||
| + | * Sleight Fight | ||
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| + | ===Phoenix Hearth=== | ||
| + | ;Other people have made prophetic art for him | ||
| + | : a clay figure of a woman riding a horse, a phoenix painted in | ||
| + | orange, a tiny watercolor of a cherry blossom drifting in mist, a | ||
| + | folded paper flower (each petal a different color), a tiny sitar | ||
| + | player carved in ivory, and a wooden netsuke of an octopus. | ||
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| + | ===The Eighth Name=== | ||
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| + | ===Lifedeath=== | ||
| + | :Lahjen na murkkya hautuak kanssa on totta. | ||
| + | :Ampanen on viholln, mutta ala lo pesa | ||
| + | :Jakaa kumalen khydistyi. | ||
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| + | ;Translation | ||
| + | :A face that has not known joy can only grimace, not smile. | ||
| + | :Even if the wasp is your enemy, do not strike the nest. | ||
| + | :The split lifedeath united. | ||
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Revision as of 14:35, 8 June 2011
Contents |
Book One
The Shadow of the Wall
- Two mice jump and tumble
- Pale as the moon, brown as a leaf
- Yet the same
- Two mice freeze beneath the sky
- Hearts fluttering in terror
- The claws descend
- The memory of light moves away from the shadow
The Providence of Coincidence
- The journey of a thousand li
- Begins with one very bad day
- A handful of stones from the river bed
- Were not born together
- Did not shape each other
- But are placed into the wall together
- To hold back the storm
Ghost Hunters
- Sand stretches in all directions
- Footsteps lead south in dashed lines
- An arrow pointing into the past
- A trail to be followed
The Price of Good Fortune
- The web shivers with dancing strands
- The butterfly struggles and launches free
- Wings sparkling in the sun
- Heavy with the golden prize
- The bird waits, poised
Ship of Gold
- The river runs clean and silver
- The golden ship drifts like a leaf
- The reflection of the ship shines as brightly
- But cannot be touched
Fire and Ice
- Ice which does not melt, but burns
A touch of Winter at the heart of Summer(this line has a shadow underneath it)- The truth is in the shadow, the action in the light
Whispered Secrets
- A mask is always beautiful
- Smiles with perfect grace
- But shows nothing
- Beneath the mask lies the skin
- Beneath the skin lies the truth
- Beneath the truth
- Lies the secret
Bureaucracy for Beginners
- trouble in the foxruns,
- from both near and afar,
- far
- beyond the watered gate
- blankets covering truth
- or lies soon to be,
- the map reckons secrets,
- and lets the Hunter see.
- near
- royal spire, and golden reach,
- the Marked hand is arrived,
- seeking pawns of one who flits
- to save the lord survived.
- freedom in water, safety in the rain,
- when ink runs down the page,
- the Hunter's sight will strain,
- and the Marked will flee the stage.
Unwelcome Invitation
- A seed sown in the north grows to bear a bitter fruit
- A seed planted by my hand in its shade grows as well
- Corruption seeks to destroy even those not its enemy
- But makes enemies of those it does not destroy
Monarch Butterfly
- Body
- Ravaged by venom,
- Salvaged by love.
- Far travelled, long sought,
- First key is the draught.
- Mind
- Inquisitive and cunning,
- though assaulted by all,
- Memory's salvation
- needs those cross'd the wall.
- Soul
- Peerless connection
- twixt body and mind.
- Off on a journey,
- Its plans to unwind.
- Recover the heart of the
- Butterfly's pawn,
- though spirit and demon
- will fight till the dawn.
Book Two
Death Blossom
Origami: a paper flower folded from paper with skeletons drawn upon it.
On the River
A paper chain with raindrops painted on one side, water on the other.
Travelling with the Butterfly Prince: Part II
- Hide Outside
- Tong Throng
- Other Brother
- Fated Hated
- Girl Whirl
- Sleight Fight
Phoenix Hearth
- Other people have made prophetic art for him
- a clay figure of a woman riding a horse, a phoenix painted in
orange, a tiny watercolor of a cherry blossom drifting in mist, a folded paper flower (each petal a different color), a tiny sitar player carved in ivory, and a wooden netsuke of an octopus.
The Eighth Name
Lifedeath
- Lahjen na murkkya hautuak kanssa on totta.
- Ampanen on viholln, mutta ala lo pesa
- Jakaa kumalen khydistyi.
- Translation
- A face that has not known joy can only grimace, not smile.
- Even if the wasp is your enemy, do not strike the nest.
- The split lifedeath united.
