And now I feel as if I were in Kweilin amidst the bombing and I can see these babies lying on the side of the road, their red thumbs popped out of their mouths, screaming to be reclaimed. Somebody took them away. They're safe. And now my mother's left me forever, gone back to ...
A single town amidst high mountains shades. Why need complain by flute through Willow Trees? Ne'er doth spring give the Yumen Pass its breeze. 《春晓》(唐·孟浩然) 春眠不觉晓,处处闻啼鸟, 夜来风雨声,花落知多少。 I sleep s...
Depth Charge:The Book of Poetry, 诗经 — also referred to as the Book of Odes, The Classic of Poetry, or The Book of Songs — was compiled two and a half-millennia ago from material thought to be at least three thousand years old. As with all books worth their salt, the Classic of...
“When however, Willobie's poem is considered in the isolation it enjoyed for the first year and a half of its existence, his Avisa's identity flashes up from the page, like an image off a mirror. For if Avisa is not 'Eliza', it is as least remarkable that Willobie should attribut...
I return to bed, and fall asleep amidst the shouts of people returning from the opera, singing as they go snatches of the music with which they had been entertained during the evening. Such is a picture of what passes every day at Florence–in Pisa, on the contrary, all is stagnation ...
Amidst the encouraging gaze of Teacher Tang and the cheers of the children, I bravely stood where the teacher was lecturing. After introducing myself, I started telling a carefully prepared story. At first, I was a bit nervous and talked a bit stumbling, but when I saw the children with ...
One could say that this suburban American High School Anywhere USA acts as a similar landscape depicted inBosch’spainting. The school is ripe for sexual and conventional anarchy, abound with young flesh, exploring a ‘perfect liberty’ flitting about in micro skirts and no bra, amidst the into...
Whether amidst our sorrows, we light the candles of a Kinara for Kwanza, of a menorah for Hanukkah, of an advent wreath, a yule log… or a candle for your loved one… try not to lose sight that amongst darkness, light always prevails. ...
s reindeer herd and culture amidst xenophobia, climate change, and a devious hunter whose targeted kills are considered mere theft in the eyes of the law. Based on real events, Ann-Helén Laestadius’s award-winning novelStolenhas been adapted into a film by Netflix that is part coming-of...
. To which I responded with placing his handmade bread-tie engagement ring on my left hand, and jumping up to hug his neck. We sort of got tangled up in the tablecloth and somehow brought all the plates and coffee cups into the floor while exchanging yet another kiss amidst the laughter...