Happy Mountain, Beauteous Land: A Collection of Poems

By Robert K. Wen

A civil engineering professor emeritus from Michigan State University finds an artistic outlet for his midlifeand later lifemusings about personal, professional, and spiritual issues. It comes in the form of poemsfifty-seven in English and seven in Chinese.
Professor Robert Wen immigrated to the United States from China in 1952, shortly after the Communist Party took control of his native land. After retirement, he has written three novels in English, two of which have been translated into Chinese, and a book on religion and another on philosophy. Poetry, however, has been one of his enduring passions. The collection reflects his keen observations about the world around him, as well as meditations on keeping a balance between work and relaxation, and between worldly and spiritual aspects of life.

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Be this the truth as well.
I am here and now,
In body and in spirit,
Singing my song for this blessed valley,
Serene like a starlit bay,
Harboring a decent people at their rest,
In glimmering lights their boats safely moored.
In these lines Ill keep this evening evermore.

From the last stanza of Poem M.1978: A SUMMER EVENING IN PLEASANTON

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jan 12, 2017
• ISBN: 9781532013706

Robert K. Wen

Robert K. Wen holds degrees from St. John’s University (Shanghai), the University of Virginia, and the University of Illinois. He and his wife, Judy, have three children and eight grandchildren and live in Sunnyvale, California.

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iUniverse rev. date: 01/11/2017

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part 1

Short Poems

S.2012.C         The Autumn Equinox

S.2011         A Cricket

S.2003.C         Recent Events

S.1997         I Am a Hen

S.1996         Martian Clod

S.1995         Each from Each

S.1994         Over the Weir

S.1991.C         A Leather Coat

S.1990         Another Round

S.1988         Winter Solstice

S.1984         To Patty and Bob

S.1983         Intellect

S.1980         An Egg Girl

S.1978         Seeing J. C. Ku in San Francisco

S.1977.1         All Shall Come to Pass

S.1977.2         A Distant Horn

S.1974         My Job

S.1973.C         Winter’s End

S.1972.1         A Stormy Night

S.1972.2         A Pebble

S.1972.3         Moonlight (A La Li Bai)

S.1971.1         A Rabbit

S.1971.2         The Indulgence of the Tongue

S.1970.1         High School Football Banquet

S.1970.2.C         Before Boarding

S.1967         To My Children on Christmas

Part 2

Poems of Medium Length

M.2016         A Fall

M.2008         The Sichuan Earthquake, 2008

M.2004         A Dog

M.2003         Warm Sea in Winter

M.1998.1         The Magpies Calling

M.1998.2         Spring

M.1993.C         Happy Mountain and Beauteous Land

M.1991         An Early Spring

M.1990         The Waves

M.1986         A New Year

M.1983         Duck and Drake

M.1978         A Summer Evening in Pleasanton

M.1973         A Meeting of Scholars

M.1972         Like a Kite

M.1971.1         A Hospital Room

M.1971.2         To the Shop

M.1971.3         A Gap

M.1971.4         Tell Me

M.1971.5         Don’t Raise Me

M.1971.6         Spring

M.1970.1         A Dream

M.1970.2         My Try at Poetry

M.1970.3         Thanksgiving

M.1970.4         A Side Trip

M.1970.5         Waking Up by Bird Song

Part