Brimming Water

[Yonah Jeong]

Under my feet the moon

Glides along the river.

Never midnight, a gustly lantern

Shines in the heart of night.

Along the sandbars flocks

Of white egrets roost,

Each one clenched like a fist

In the wake of my barge

The fish leap, cut the water,

And dive and splash.

Tu Fu