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Alberto Ríos

Alberto Alvaro Ríos was born in Nogales, Arizona, on September 18, 1952. His father was born in Mexico and his mother was from England; the two met while Ríos’ father was stationed in England with the U.S. Airforce. The

Yellow Leaf, A

by Alberto Ríos (b. 1952)

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A yellow leaf in the branches
Of a shamel ash
In the front yard;
I see it, a yellow leaf
Among so many.
Nothing distinguishes it,
Nothing striking, striped, stripped,
Strident, nothing
More than its yellow

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

While Tu Fu wrote 12 poems to or about Li Po, how many did Li Po write about Tu Fu?

Answer

These T'ang Dynasty poets only met twice, once in 744 and once in 745. Li Po, by this time, was an established poet. Only one poem from Li Po to Tu Fu survives.

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