___ Ika Moana: Traditional name for a Whale. Kuia: an elderly woman, especially a female relative or ancestor. Marama: Clear, light, moon. Matariki: Matariki is the MÄori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades Te Tohoraa: The Whale. Also, the name affectionatel...
An elderly woman from Changsha, despite her bad eyesight, enjoys writing. Over the years, she has written songs and composed poems when new policies are issued by the government and also on great holidays and festivals. She makes a lot of publicity of the new policies and regulations and cre...
Although I have been familiar with Matties Poem for a while, the reality of it was brought home to me a few weeks ago when I went to visit an elderly lady in hospital. The poem was written by a retired nurse about an elderly woman called Mattie that she had cared for. It imagines ...
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One day while the study was in progress, an elderly man approached and offered the Witness a poem that the residents had composed as a token of their gratitude. Ni khat chu zirna an neih laiin, pa upa tawh lam pakhat chuan Thuhretu chu va panin, chuta chêngte’n an lâwmna t...
that as the woman gets older‚ she is alone‚ but she does not have to be lonely. She will always have her memories for companionship. "When you are old and grey and full of sleep‚ and nodding by the fire" (l.1-2) depicts the woman in her age‚ needing to nap more ...
for the poor, the young, and the elderly. We respect the values that bind us together as families and as a nation. For our children, we don't think it's wrong to have them committed to pledging each day to the "one nation, under God, indivisible , with liberty and justice for all...
or an old woman who hadn't many years left anyhow? Restless on hard chairs caring little for pictures or old age we'd opt one year for life, the next for art and always half-heartedly. As Linda Pastan discusses her experiences and ethical development, she remembers the times in her scho...
"Oh for father's sake, Adam," his wife suddenly yelled at him: "It was ONE rib, let is go!" senior old man counting gifts presents Dislike Like The Old Woman and the Shopkeeper An elderly woman visited a store that sold jade and requested seven kilograms of potatoes. The owner ...
How much did a maid need to knead dough for bread to be made Before bread tin in oven be laid? If one has won, is an idol ever idle With elusive career to bridle? How much has the collective groan grown, the political scent sent, not worth a cent ...