In Jacob’s book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, the various ways that city planning is being practiced incorrectly are explored. One problem that cities are encountering is the decay of inner city areas that are forming “slums”. City planners have been attempting to mend this...
O Bullah, the Lord pervades both the worlds;None now appears a stranger to me. -- from Bulleh Shah: The Love-Intoxicated Iconoclast (Mystics of the East series), by J. R. Puri / Tilaka Raja Puri <<Previous Poem | More Poems by Bulleh Shah | Next Poem >> / Image by Randy Jacob...
This article explores the British reception of the first film adaptation of C. J. Dennis' verse poem The Sentimental Bloke,and traces the tendency of contemporary London critics to re-align the film's inner-city character ‘types’ with those much closer to home. Whilst contemporary Australian ...
a. With the arrangement or order of: fabric that fell in luxuriant folds; arranged to purchase the car in equal payments. b. After the style or form of: a poem in iambic pentameter. 5. With the characteristic, attribute, or property of: a tall man in an overcoat. 6. a. By means...
But by the time Nickel began taking pictures of Chicago in the 1950s, the inner city neighborhoods that had been the city’s pride had been panic-peddled s into slums, and by the late 60's rage piled on neglect and set the streets ablaze, while in the besieged Loop, a rich ...
the outer court and the inner court. The outer court was a place where the emperors exercised their power and held grand ceremonies. The inner court was the imperial residence. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architectur...
To observe from the aspect of the maturity and visibility, I think that Hai Nan is a female poet who is of the same period with Zai Yongming. She is famous by her poem and novel. Her poem is rather like her name, with a bright standpoint of feminism. In her long fiction works The...
Derek Walcott, "The River," at Sarah Herbert's Caribbean Poetry: Barbados (this interesting poem by Walcott makes me think of Koltes's portrait of the Canal of the Seine in "Quai Ouest") http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0303_060303_africa.html-- More on rivers (Adrianne...
pocket/‘pɔkit/n.衣袋n.袖珍的 poem/‘pəuim/n.诗,韵文,诗体文 poet/pəuit/n.诗人 poetry/‘pəuitri/n.诗,诗歌,诗作 pɔint/pɔint/n.点;要点;细目;分 poison/‘pɔizn/n.毒,毒药vt.毒害 pɔisonous/‘pɔiznəs/a.有毒的,有害的 pole/pəul/n.杆,柱 pole...
Well, I know, obviously. But it will be so much fun to haunt those loved ones as they read the non-journal and wonder if I was crazy, or depressed, or a closet witch. That is, if they can read my handwriting. In the meantime, I’ll leave you with this little poem from the non...