In the Mountains
by Szu K'ung-T'u

Common birds
love to chatter
where men live quiet lives.

Peaceful clouds
seem jealous
when the moon is bright.

in the world,
the ten thousand affairs
are not my affairs.

My only shame -
it's autumn,
and I have no poem.

(Written color pencil on charcoal paper, scanned & digitally edited in Photoshop)