Stories in poetry

The Year of Green Oranges

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · Social Life in an Ancient Setting · Complete · 1 chapter · 5 reads

Song Heng has put on her wedding dress when the groom comes himself to persuade her not to marry him today. She is fifty-eight, and together they have already rented an orchard outside the city and even prepared the red cords for the cart; he says only to wait another year, until both sets of children can accept it. Yellow oranges lie beside green tangerines beneath the window, and the driver still waits at the alley’s entrance. They clearly planned the orchard and their future days together, yet now only her luggage is neatly packed.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Su Shi’s “赠刘景文” (To Liu Jingwen). 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.