Chinese Poets: English Translations IV
...The Song of Magpies
by Lady Ho
translation by Michael R. Burch
The magpies nest on the Southern hill.
You set your nets on the Northern hill.
The magpies escape, soar free.
What good are your...
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Categories:
chien, heart, love, wife, wine,
Form: Free verse
Chat Or Chien
..."chat or chien"
i don't give
a shat but
you have
a good
watch
dog in
that
cat...
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Categories:
chien, color,
Form: Free verse
Angel Eyes
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"Angel Eyes"
that dark angel
standing in the corner
observing the shadows of man
pass him by -
he has angel eyes
that shine high beam
bright bushfires that light ...
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Categories:
chien, art, muse, truth,
Form: Free verse
To the Lost
...So many women,
Lost to time.
Mileva Maric,
Helene Kaufler-Savic,
Chien-Shiung Wu.
In a world of men,
Their lights in shadow,
We’ve left their memory to fade away.
The pedestal they dese...
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Categories:
chien, for her, loss, lost,
Form: Free verse
Tu Le Fera, N'Est-Ce Pas, Papa- Translation of Kevin Gilbert's Won'T You, Dad By T Wignesan
...Tu le fera, n’est-ce pas, Papa ? – Translation of Kevin Gilbert’s « Won’t you, Dad ? » by T. Wignesan
Si toutes les jolies mélodies
de ce monde eussent été chantées
et toutes les chefs d’œuvr...
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Categories:
chien, child, faith, hate, holocaust,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
It's Too Early In the Gray Sky - From French
...No one in this morning
The road is deserted,
It's too early under the gray sky,
The veins of my hands,
Salient hands on the wheel
The look Elevated
The white line scrolls,
The colored hous...
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Categories:
chien, anger, car, dog, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Canoeing the Mississippi - Part 13
...Chapter 13: Leaving the River
Our leaving the river I think surprised us both,
But the seeds were sown early in our preparations,
And shared philosophy of following our bliss,
Simply stated, th...
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Categories:
chien, boat, dream, journey, nature,
Form: Blank verse
Women Inventors-Creators of History
...Women Inventors/Creators Of History
In Honor of the following great women inventors and creators:
(*Vera Rubin, Cecilia Payne, Chien Shiung Wu, Nette Stevens, Ida Tacke, Esther Lederbe...
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Categories:
chien, abuse, betrayal, celebrity, conflict,
Form: Didactic