Poetry Month Prompt #26

April 26:

Grab the closest book.  Go to page 26.  Write down 10-12 words that catch your eye. Use 7 of them in a poem.

From the Muse Library: Book of Reincarnation by Hsu Hui-chih. Combining Chinese classicism with modern ideas, Buddhist concepts, and metaphors with subjects associated with the Taiwanese claim to their native soil, Hsu is one of the most noted of contemporary Taiwan writers. This book of poetry, his first collection in English, reveals the effectiveness of his work.