Amen
...We are the last animals on earth,
Sneakily chasing elephants,
In the perilous bush, o Delight!
Eating frogs with forks
And sweet sour cream,
Reading books to dream about lazy whales,
The last a...
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Categories:
sichuan, 9th grade, anger, animal,
Form: Elegy
Do Not Be Discouraged
...Poets, do not be discouraged, neither young nor old,
Uncertain verses can pierce stone, or iron,
Just believe those you love you, endure the headwinds,
To think that at the end of the sea there is...
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Categories:
sichuan, appreciation, courage, literature,
Form: Free verse
Stories In Pottery
...STORIES IN POTTERY
Bluebirds above the azure lakes
Burleigh cups - willow pattern trees in gold leaf -
Once with mashed Sichuan oolong,
And on their side plates, shortbread tiffin,
While...
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Categories:
sichuan, memory,
Form: Free verse
Quake-Stricken Town In China
...I was truly saddened by the massive quake
that shook China’s Sichuan province;
It was a huge disaster, a furious nature
that at times like this is indeed doleful.
I saw images of devastation all ove...
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Categories:
sichuan, angst, death, devotion, faith,
Form: Narrative