This poet imagined a man coming home to see "the little boy we've spoiled all his life... turn away in tears." A poem by this author asks drowned poets "whether freezing water is their element" and asks, "do we hold" migratory birds "to their schedule?" This poet described his "white hairs... too sparse even to hold a hat pin" in "A Scene in Spring." This poet declared, "My friend, I cannot vouch for your intent" in a poem titled for "Thinking of" another poet "from One End of the Sky". A work by this poet depicts dust being stirred up and hiding a bridge, before declaring that it is better to have girls as children because "our sons are merely buried amid the grass." This poet had a "thatched hut" period and depicted conscripts marching to war in "Song of the Wagons." For 10 points, name this Tang Dynasty poet, a contemporary of Li Bai. ■END■
ANSWER: Du Fu [or Tu Fu; or Dou Fu]
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