Millet Poems - Poems about Millet

Chinese Translations IV

...CHINESE TRANSLATIONS IV

These are English translations of Chinese poems about nature, the seasons, autumn, winter, spring, night, time, tears, flowers and love. 

Seeking a Mooring
by Wang Wei
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ART APPRAISAL F twinku

...MATISSE

creative

cutouts

MUNCH

melancholy

musings

MILLET

silhouetted

silence

TWINKU a double word distich with integral title...

Rum n Raisin 17 - Bird Talk

...Rum got to his feet and said, “Let’s go play in the street.”
Raisin said, “I’m up for that; some fresh air would be neat.”
They were soon outside and heard a sound… FLAP FLAP… THUD… TWEET
What a s...

Feed the Birds

...On Februarys third, when winter bites,
We set our tables for feathered flights.
Seeds scattered wide on frozen ground,
Draw tiny visitors from all around.

Cardinals flash their crimson capes,
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The Source

...— — — — — — — — — —
Children’s hands stained with fruit color in spring water,
right next to the old mill
where the yellow sand is sprinkled into rocks.
Moss and blueberries
on lumps of discarde...

CLERIHEW ecphrasis V

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Jean Francois Millet ,a realist
picturing  peasants ,did not desist
Quiet time prayer 'The Angelus'*
more evangelical than strict religious


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Oriole Song Bird

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I heard a rich whistling sing-song echoing from the trees
rising and falling and flashes of bright orange color
the bird was sturdy with a thick neck and long legs
he had a very s...

Zen In the Art of Cooking Millet

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How about a One Pot Kitchen
Minimalist to the Max
First sort out Food
Millet - 5 grains
And a Clay pot
Rotate millets
Every 2 days
Soak and boil
Soak for 8 hrs.
In 5 times water
Leave it...

Traditional-Modern Kitchen

...Reeds and dry mud walls,
Into whose crevices, weaving needles and knives are fixed.
Iron sheets of rust on top,
(The only modern feature!)
With leakages through which we can even visualize the su...

This Is Me

...Habitants of the wilderness;
Identify their beauty and acknowledge it-
They wear neither clothes nor makeup.
Yet,they still appreciate their differences;
Each of them in their innocent making.

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Clerihew Millet

...Farmer's son Jean-Francois -MilletM
known rural scenes in his day
Small scale reflections were his thing
medetative art he did bring...

Birds

...With a vision one should be silly trying to match,
Eyes able to three hundred and sixty degrees search;
Scarcely neared and their wings would flutter,
Airborne as you try to a syllable utter;
To ...

Spring Sight

...Spring Sight***

Melodies caught on repeat
Through my mind
Finally laze into some quiet 
After midnight, giving way
To flickering recall
Of the dispersed millet-seeking
Chickadees, blinking t...

Lawnless

...It's blisteringly dry.
Martian, winedark, overweight -
No lawns on this mesa of millet-baked pie,
To make this crater straight.

No spades here, no scraping rake.
Just sharp sticks, blood-brick...

Arty Stuff No 5

...Arty stuff No 5

Millet was doing a dance,
As he painted a farm in Provence,
He would turn in a rush
And while holding his brush
Adopt a most classical stance!...

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