Stories in poetry

Apricot Blossom Ferry

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · Romance in an Imagined Ancient World · Complete · 1 chapter · 0 reads

The apricot blossoms have all fallen, and Meng Shuang still leaves a place at the bow for Lu Zhi, who failed to keep their appointment twelve years ago. For the past three years, another old woman has often hired her boat and stayed until dusk, saying her daughter knows the apricot tree at the crossing. A phoenix hairpin with a broken wing slips into view from a sleeve, while the hot fish soup usually shared with the old woman cools between them.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Kou Zhun’s “江南春·波渺渺” (Spring in Jiangnan: Waters Stretch into the Distance). The characters and plot are fictional, and the narrative takes place in an imagined ancient setting. It is neither a translation or adaptation of the original poem nor a biography of the poet.