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Fadwa Tuqan TranslationsFadwa Tuqan has been called the Grand Dame of Palestinian letters and The Poet of Palestine. These are my translations of Fadwa Tuqan poems originally written in Arabic.
Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan
loose translation/interpretation by...
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Categories:
oxford university, allah, culture, earth, love, nature, voice, writing,
Form:
Free verse
The Poet of Palestine: Fadwa TuqanEnglish translations of Arabic poems by Fadwa Tuqan aka "The Poet of Palestine"
Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Enough for me to lie in the earth,
to be buried in her,
to sink...
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Categories:
oxford university, allah, arabic, culture, nature, poetess, poetry, writing,
Form:
Verse
Soliloquio Del Individuo By Nicanor Parra, Translated By T Wignesan
Soliloquio del Individuo by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T. Wignesan
(Homage to Nicanor PARRA, 1914-2018, the Chilean ANTI-POET, winner of the "Cervantes Prize" (the highest literary honour for writers in Spanish), four times nominated for the...
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Categories:
oxford university, allegory, humanity, loneliness, philosophy, psychological, world,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Hay Un Dia Feliz By Nicanor Parra, Translated By T Wignesan
Hay un dia feliz by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T. Wignesan
To come by a happy day
(In this poem, Parra maintains lines of...
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Categories:
oxford university, childhood, family, father, feelings, music, nostalgia, philosophy,
Form:
Quatrain
My Parents Were Illegal Immigrants In the United StatesIn 1920, my father, 16, was a guest of the British government. He was a prisoner of their forces occupying Ireland at the time, a group called the Black and Tans.
One day he and seven...
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Categories:
oxford university, america, immigration,
Form:
Prose
Brideshead RevisitedI lay awake in that dark hour and was reflecting on my life
From all the travelling I had done to the breakup with my wife
I was an architectural painter and was very successful too
And after...
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Categories:
oxford university, england, memory, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
Theatrum MundiTheatrum Mundi
Theatrum Mundi, derived from the Latin as: “Theater of the World,” was famously incorporated by William Shakespeare for his well-known metaphorical world-view often referred to under the rubric of “All the World’s a Stage,”...
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Categories:
oxford university, education, imagination, poems, poetry, poets, symbolism, writing,
Form:
Narrative
Shakespeare Returnsthis place... Weymouth - a small tranquil village!
How far is my Stratford from here?
my Stratford-on-Avon!
The Shangri-la of a dramatist's imagination!
Assuming, I had a very very long slumber…
the world has completely changed!
This area looks so distant...
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Categories:
oxford university, history, poets,
Form:
Free verse
The Bullingdon Boys
The Bullingdon Club was founded in 1780 about 240 years ago. An elite
private club for male Oxford University students, selected for their wealth,
and willingness to take part in club activities. It was originally...
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Categories:
oxford university, bullying, hate, men, racism,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Poyecto De Tren Instantaneo Entre Santiago Y Puerto Montt By Nicanor Parra, Translated By T WignesanProyecto de tren instantaneo entre Santiago y Puerto Montt by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T. Wignesan
Soliloquio del Individuo by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T Wignesan
(Homage to Nicanor PARRA, 1914-2018, the Chilean ANTI-POET, winner of...
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Categories:
oxford university, allegory, extended metaphor, imagination, journey, meaningful, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Notes on jailbreakOk, there’s no jailbreak.
Make room for my innocent alter ego,
because there’s nothing to rebel against.
There are zero classes in my nascent,
year-long, Harvard master’s degree.
They call it ‘self directed study’
and like rockets have stages,
I’ll have ‘self...
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Categories:
oxford university, encouraging, homework, humor, school, student,
Form:
Free verse
Buller BoysBeyond the imposing and the high iron gate
The picturesque setting of the Oxford University
Situates the hedonistic oriented Bullingdon Club
Founded more than 200 years ago.
The socially exclusive students get the invitation
To join the Club as its...
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Categories:
oxford university, celebrity, student,
Form:
Free verse
Poetry Or ProseIs it poetry or prose
Who really knows
Must it be in a shelf
To rename itself.
This is a conundrum which has appeared here, in various guises over the many years I have enjoyed the...
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Categories:
oxford university, appreciation, humor,
Form:
Verse
Rizz, a Cola lost of fizzThe year-end creeps, mercuries freeze,
And buzz up English dictionaries,
All in a forward gear
To find Word of the Year,
Which, for Oxford is the slang rizz—
An argot not so clear,
Froth less, bubbleless beer,...
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Categories:
oxford university, words,
Form:
Limerick