Quote Of The Day: Sleeping On The Wing
Quote Of The Day #70 Finally, I find a translated poem that I really like. If you are one of the millions and millions of non-native speakers, you will understand why I dislike translated poem; you would have noticed how bad your favorite poem sounds like when it is translated into English. It is probably…
It’s So Cold
Image by Hans from Pixabay The light is pale and cold– the sun is indisposed. Trees are still, road is frozen– nothing moves after the arctic blast. Except time– its untiring motion. marching day and night, already taking one month away. I can make frozen tofu by opening the window. I can find excuse for…
Quote Of The Day: Too Tender To Be told
Image by ADD from Pixabay Quote Of The Day #65 A perfect, paralyzing blissContented as despair I took my power in my handand went against the worldIt was not much as David had,But I was twice as bold. Glow plain and foreignOn my homesick eye That blame is just as dear as praiseAnd praise as…
Quote Of The Day
Quote Of The Day #42 I read this author’s “The Loyal Son” about Ben Franklin and his son, and really like it. I have to say our local grocery store really has nice biographies and nice WWII books. Anyway, I went online to see if the same author wrote other biographies and found this one…
Poem Of The Day: Midnight Construction
Poem Of The Day #55 Busy road constructions angry and loud; jackhammers scream the midnight hour, Heavy machinery are nonstop whirring, as if complaining, “How can you sleep when I’m working?” Strained nerves can’t calm down– better get up and write something. But I don’t have anything to write about. This topic is too dry,…
Poem Of The Day: The Market
Poem Of The Day #54 Dragon fruits piled high– white flesh and red flesh– prices defer but taste alike. Grapes fresh from the hot house– red, green, or black, some seedless, some not– sweet, ripe, and shapely not really organic, but very nearly so. Korean pears as big as a cantaloupe– four dollars each, and…
Poem Of The Day: The Rain
Image by NickyPe from Pixabay Poem Of The Day #53 All day long– misty drizzle, wet raindrops, freezing pellets, snow flakes– weather in all forms have a last party of the winter. March is a difficult month, counting date–only the 9th. Spring is in the mind, but nowhere to find. Search the dump of my…
Poem Of The Day: Flower & People
Poem Of The Day #52 “How red? How beautiful.” Touching the waxy petals, smelling the non-existent fragrance, she says, “beautiful flowers, but ugly root. Don’t you think?” “It’s like people. You know, people with pretty face, but ugly feet. We all have ugly feet.” I say to her. “Haha, that’s because we don’t do manicure…
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Haoyan Do 