By Fang Li
Written in 2003 during my postdoctoral years at Harvard University, Climbing High breaks with the traditional melancholy of autumn mountain-climbing poems and instead embraces an upbeat perspective on the autumn landscape and the fleeting nature of youth.
莫叹秋残断雁哀，
携歌载酒且登台。
弹云压浪江天阔，
扫郁消愁心地开。
落木散风凭漫野，
少年意气复萦怀。
今宵醉卧霜林月，
万里星河入梦来。
(李放 - 2003年11月11日暮于哈佛)