Lake 举人
注册时间: 2007-01-09 帖子: 1286
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发表于: 2013-04-01 00:34:17 发表主题: At Age 76 |
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At Age 76
Beijing Tokyo Minneapolis /St Paul.
She tunnels through currents and clouds,
transported to this imagined land with
all she can utter - hello, yes, no, I’m sorry...
We both know what this trip means,
we do know, but we don’t say it.
We spend our best time at Cub Foods;
she holds me back at a pedestrian crossing
as the driver waves your right-of-way.
She smiles to kids in shopping carts,
smiles when a puppy barks around,
smiles at the neighbor’s friendly greetings
and nervously replies:
sorry, wǒ bù dǒng yīng yǔ .
(I don’t know English)
You’ve seen how someone deftly moves
the beads on an abacus up and down.
Such is the way her mind works at numbers,
converting from $ to ¥ or vice versa
so easily. I give her more maths to do and
wonder if I will be able to do the same. _________________ the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry -- Billy Collins |
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SLIU 秀才
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发表于: 2013-04-01 20:33:29 发表主题: |
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描写很真实,生动。 欣赏。。 |
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非马 秀才
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白水 大学士
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发表于: 2013-04-03 22:29:23 发表主题: |
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How lovely grandma |
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Lake 举人
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发表于: 2013-04-05 02:28:44 发表主题: |
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Thank you Sliu, Mr Fei Ma and Moonlight for the lovely comments.
Lake _________________ the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry -- Billy Collins |
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博弈 榜眼
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发表于: 2013-06-25 23:18:44 发表主题: |
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good. _________________ (在不斷的審醜裡終將建立起新的審美) |
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Lake 举人
注册时间: 2007-01-09 帖子: 1286
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发表于: 2013-06-27 03:50:15 发表主题: |
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Thanks Mark. You know what, this "good" one received -0.9 from Poetry Assessor
Another one of mine which I don't think highly of, not mentioning its name, received 7.8
http://www.poetryassessor.com/poetry/ _________________ the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry -- Billy Collins |
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博弈 榜眼
注册时间: 2006-12-21 帖子: 4381 来自: SFO 博弈北美枫文集 |
发表于: 2013-06-27 04:30:08 发表主题: |
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Thanks Mark. You know what, this "good" one received -0.9 from Poetry Assessor
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I don't give 'good' casually, it s GOOD, it means beyond words, but not yet away from normal poetics.
I like it. _________________ (在不斷的審醜裡終將建立起新的審美) |
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