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...
How to speak amidst so much shattering? Returning to Sarah Ihmoud, she writes precisely of the need to speak through grief, to break out of ‘this غصة/ ghassa, this lump in our throat that keeps us from speaking, and to speak loud and courageously into the wind.” I hear ...
pronounced sheejo, is a three to six line poem that follows a syllable formula reminiscent of a haiku, but sijo is far older than the haiku.Each line serves its own purpose: the first introduces the topic, the second line extends the topic, and the third line has a twist or surprise...
How to speak amidst so much shattering? Returning to Sarah Ihmoud, she writes precisely of the need to speak through grief, to break out of ‘this غصة/ ghassa, this lump in our throat that keeps us from speaking, and to speak loud and courageously into the wind.” I hear ...
“You got to put one foot in front of the other and lead with love,” sings Melanie DeMoore.“Don’t give up hope, you’re not alone.” In ending his poem, “Blessing for a New Year,“ Crew writes about emptying your life of the things that clutter it.learn howto empty it ...
At the memorial, a band plays while a young woman – also too young to remember the Wall standing – sings an old protest song and the crowd clap politely along. There are flowers at the memorials to the victims of the Wall, but the atmosphere is positive, even if the anniversary of ...
Mired in the mist amidst the lush gold, bronze, and auburn tones of the saturated savanna, I caught sight of a indistinct patch of red. I became confused at such vibrance at this time of year, for displays of crimson blooms are rare even in the growing season. Lured by the mystery, ...
a morsel of consecrated bread, a sip of consecrated wine. But now, he sings, everything is holy: a child’s face, the new morning, a red-winged bird. He says that he walks through the world with a reverent air because everything is holy now, but I wonder… has he reversed cause ...
Pa is probably my favorite character in this first book because of the different stories he tells his daughters and the songs that he sings to his family. The themes throughout the book are that family, the benefits of hard work, listening to your parents, and capturing the nostalgia of ...
Roam opens the bag and sees a human skull inside amidst several rat skins and stray clutter gathered by an 8-year-old girl. Roam: “What is this?” Mackame: “He tells me stories.” (The necromancer’s skull works like a spell book for Mackame, with the skull chanting the ...