Stories in poetry

Autumn Whispers in a Green Cage

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · Ancient Chinese–Style Mystery · Complete · 1 chapter · 0 reads

A parrot with a bald tail suddenly repeats the words A-Qing’s elder sister once used to coax her into drinking porridge, and every birdcage in her hands falls to the ground. Six years ago, her sister left to marry. Her husband’s family said only that she and her dowry had disappeared on the way; there had been no news since. The bird’s delivery tag leads to the secluded Zhou residence. Autumn grass pushes through the brickwork, and a zheng sounds behind a window. A-Qing calls out to her sister, and the woman behind the curtain raises her head.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Feng Yansi’s “To the Tune of Pu Sa Man: Autumn Grass Grows by the Winding Corridor and Distant Steps.” Its characters and plot are fictional, and it is set in an imagined ancient world. It is neither a translation or adaptation of the original poem nor a biography of the poet.