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  Topic: a loose sonnet
justjust

Replies: 3
Views: 2565

PostForum: 西方文学 Western Literature   Posted: 2009-07-17 14:33:57   Subject: a loose sonnet

Another nice love poem.

thanks.


When you say "loose sonnet", do you mean it didn't follow the traditional form strictly per its requirement of meter, rhyme scheme but the 14 lines ...
  Topic: a loose sonnet
justjust

Replies: 3
Views: 2565

PostForum: 西方文学 Western Literature   Posted: 2009-07-10 11:21:07   Subject: a loose sonnet
why do my limbs now feel as cold as ice
when the summer's flowers all smile in hue?
why do green leaves wave in a gentle breeze
and yet my cheeks wither in salty dew?

who says that two weeks are ...
  Topic: Bridal Song - 婚紗曲 (試翻譯自: 莎士比亞的詩歌)
justjust

Replies: 3
Views: 2808

PostForum: 西方文学 Western Literature   Posted: 2009-07-08 14:49:38   Subject: Bridal Song - 婚紗曲 (試翻譯自: 莎士比亞的詩歌)
this was the first time i saw this poem. i have a feeling that it was not written by shakespeare. why so? meter is one thing of consideration. shakespeare did not seem to use this kind of meter (often ...
  Topic: Under the Ruins
justjust

Replies: 7
Views: 4998

PostForum: 西方文学 Western Literature   Posted: 2009-07-08 14:29:32   Subject: Under the Ruins

Life waits inside us for a spark to be struck.
Life is a new bud atop an old branch.
Life is ceaseless as waves chase seabirds.
Life is that sleeping, plump infant


rhetorically i prefer some ...
  Topic: sonnet XIII (训一个认为汉语令他智商下降而自卑的人)
justjust

Replies: 1
Views: 1577

PostForum: 西方文学 Western Literature   Posted: 2009-06-03 21:02:42   Subject: sonnet XIII (训一个认为汉语令他智商下降而自卑的人)
resolved to search for truth of humankind
you wrongly come to woo your inner beast
the monster quickly tangles your feeble mind
so that you look askance at Mighty East
with twisted logic fused wit ...
  Topic: To you
justjust

Replies: 2
Views: 1736

PostForum: 西方文学 Western Literature   Posted: 2009-06-03 20:57:32   Subject: To you
in winter's bitter cold and frosted air
you are a pure plum blossom
bringing forth your heavenly sweet smell

in a spring's brook, clear and fresh
you are the softly dancing ripples
carrying my ...
  Topic: Under the Ruins
justjust

Replies: 7
Views: 4998

PostForum: 西方文学 Western Literature   Posted: 2009-06-03 20:14:21   Subject: Under the Ruins
very good poem. the first line kind of eludes me. can a spark struck from flint wait?
  Topic: Mother
justjust

Replies: 5
Views: 3375

PostForum: 西方文学 Western Literature   Posted: 2009-06-03 19:36:40   Subject: Mother
very sweet poem. I like it.


the marks from the years printed on your face


might sound a little grammatically awkward.
  Topic: 诗评 - What the Pig Mama Says (梁世聪)
justjust

Replies: 15
Views: 5192

PostForum: 西方文学 Western Literature   Posted: 2009-06-03 19:30:00   Subject: 诗评 - What the Pig Mama Says (梁世聪)
a very powerful poem! reading it makes one sad.
  Topic: Sonnet XII (一晃八年)
justjust

Replies: 5
Views: 3510

PostForum: 西方文学 Western Literature   Posted: 2009-03-14 22:23:36   Subject: Sonnet XII (一晃八年)
just, welcome! nice sonnet. 一晃八年, move on and upwards. Smile
Thank you. i will continue my journey of searching for my love.
  Topic: Zen and the Art of Submitting Poetry - Cameron
justjust

Replies: 7
Views: 4569

PostForum: 西方文学 Western Literature   Posted: 2009-03-14 22:03:13   Subject: Zen and the Art of Submitting Poetry - Cameron
Thank you for introducing this poem.


Aim, then, to be aimless.

I may be wrong, but grammatically this sounds like
'then aim to be aimless'
  Topic: Sonnet XII (一晃八年)
justjust

Replies: 5
Views: 3510

PostForum: 西方文学 Western Literature   Posted: 2009-03-14 08:18:41   Subject: sigh
gentle and romantic

two years of talking, laughing and sporting on walden pond reminds me of many fond memories.

thank you for reading.

a man's sweetheart is carved in his fond heart
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  Topic: Sonnet XII (一晃八年)
justjust

Replies: 5
Views: 3510

PostForum: 西方文学 Western Literature   Posted: 2009-03-13 11:05:44   Subject: Sonnet XII (一晃八年)
harsh work has turned my legs to a balloon
so that i drag my feet to find repose
as my sunken eyes see the shiny moon
my heart is pierced by gloom and pain hence grows
when you and i held hands in ...
 
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