Dear Chris,
How are you? Glad to hear from you. We are good in China now.
I know you want to learn poetry of the Tang Dynasty. Here is my understanding for your reference.
The poetry is made up of 4 lines and each line has 4 or 7 words. There are less words, but they can describe more feelings and give us more imagination. I believe you would love it if you learn it.
The poetry is beautiful and you need to feel it with your heart. Hope you can learn it better and write your own poetry.
Yours
Li Jin