Qui Jin

By Julie Lapping Rivera

Qui Jin
unique print: woodcut with collage
12" x 28"
$950
with artist
With Artist
framed

“Capping Rhymes with Sir Ishii From Sun's Root Land" by Qui Jin Don't tell me women are not the stuff of heroes, I alone rode over the East Sea's winds for ten thousand leagues. My poetic thoughts ever expand, like a sail between ocean and heaven. I dreamed of your three islands, all gems, all dazzling with moonlight. I grieve to think of the bronze camels, guardians of China, lost in thorns. Ashamed, I have done nothing; not one victory to my name. I simply make my war horse sweat. Grieving over my native land hurts my heart. So tell me; how can I spend these days here? A guest enjoying your spring winds?