Epigrams Vii

Epigrams VII A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? —Albert Einstein, poetic interpretation by Michael R. Burch The Whole of Wit by Michael R. Burch for and after Richard Moore If brevity is the soul of wit then brevity and levity are the whole of it. Ars Brevis, Proofreading Longa by Michael R. Burch Poets may labor from sun to sun, but their editor's work is never done. Truths are more likely discovered by one man than by nations. —Rene Descartes, translation by Michael R. Burch I will never grok picking a picky rule over a Poem! – Michael R. Burch Improve yourself by others' writings, attaining freely what they purchased at great expense. — Socrates, translation by Michael R. Burch Experience is the best teacher but a hard taskmaster.—Michael R. Burch Heaven and hell seem unreasonable to me: the actions of men do not deserve such extremes. —Jorge Luis Borges, translation by Michael R. Burch Reality is neither probable nor likely. —Jorge Luis Borges, translation by Michael R. Burch Wayne Gretzky was pure skill poured into skates.—Michael R. Burch Neither the leaf nor the tree laments karma.—Michael R. Burch Less Heroic Couplets: Gilded Silence by Michael R. Burch Golden silence reigned supreme in my nightmare and her dream. Christ! by Michael R. Burch If I knew men could be so dumb, I would never have come! Now you lie, cheat and steal in my name and make it a thing of shame. Did I heal the huge holes in your heart, in your head? Isn’t it obvious: I’m dead and unable to repeal what I never said? A Further Farewell to Dentistry by Michael R. Burch (for and after Richard Moore, from whom I absconded the title) Lately I've been eschewing ice chewing and my indentured dentist’s been boo-hooing. "Lu Zhai" ("Deer Park") by Wang Wei (699-759) loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Uninhabited hills ... except that now and again the silence is broken by something like the sound of distant voices as the sun's sinking rays illuminate lichens ... Wang Wei (699-759) was a Chinese poet, musician, painter, and politician during the Tang dynasty. He had 29 poems included in the 18th-century anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. "Lu Zhai" ("Deer Park") is one of his best-known poems. Keywords/Tags: epigram, epigrams, Wang Wei, Chinese, translation, nature, animal, deer, park, hills, silence, sound, voices, wind, voice, sun, rays, illuminate, peace, growth, wisdom