Phrase Book Poems - Poems about Phrase Book

...Let's dwell a tiny bit on that skill most hanker after, of mastering a language that especially enthrals, infused with magic rhythm so fervent, pulsing music lilt, anthem-rich samba, think fo......Read the rest...

...See this evidence I'll compile To show I go the extra mile Of course in my own little style You will see if you look I fear I give wrong impression Something lost in my expression Always pron......Read the rest...

...Lin, a Chinese friend giggled at my feeble, say, pedestrian attempt at Cantonese, the Chinese word for butterfly or dragon even moth just vanished down the throat of one so eager yet befuddled, ......Read the rest...

...I am left with the human wreckage of my life, My baggage of bones and clutter, spectres and desire To slaver around and haunt me until it ends. To look back is pain, to look forward is fear and to......Read the rest...