Friday, November 01, 2024

1165. On A Painting by Wang The Clerk of Yen Ling - Su Tung P’O (1036-1101)

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The slender bamboo is like a hermit. The simple flower is like a maiden. The sparrow tilts on the branch. A gust of rain sprinkles the flowe...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

1164, My Weariness of Epic Proportions - Charles Simic

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I like it when Achilles Gets killed And even his buddy Patroclus- And that hothead Hector- And the whole Greek and Trojan Jeunesse do...
Sunday, October 13, 2024

1163. A Plain Ordinary Steel Needle - Kay Ryan

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     - Ripley’s Believe It Or Not?- Who hasn’t seen a plain ordinary steel needle float serene on water as if lying on a pillow? The w...
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

1162. From Blossoms - Li-Young Lee

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  A first! I enjoyed every poem in this book. “Dancing With Joy” 99 Poems selected by Roger Housden From laden boughs, from hands, this ...
Sunday, September 22, 2024

1161. Evening Ebb - Robinson Jeffers

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The ocean has not been so quiet for a long while; five night-herons Fly shoreline voiceless in the hush of the air Over the calm of an ebb...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

1160. Snowstorm - Hayden Carruth

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  Everywhere men speak in whispers. Tumult, many new ghosts. Storm hurls itself across the valley and careens from the ridges, swirls o...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

1159. Yes - Muriel Rukeyser

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It's like a tap-dance Or a new pink dress, A shit-naive feeling Saying yes. Some say Good morning Some say God bless Some say Possibly S...
Thursday, July 11, 2024

1158. With Kit, Age 7, At The Beach - William Stafford

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We would climb the highest dune, from there to gaze and come down: the ocean was performing; we contributed our climb. Waves leapfrogge...
Wednesday, July 03, 2024

1157. A Hardware Store As Proof of the Existence of God - Nancy Willard

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I praise the brightness of hammers pointing east like the steel woodpeckers of the future,  and dozens of hinges opening brass wings, and ...
Saturday, June 29, 2024

1156. The Birds Have Vanished - Li Po

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  Translated from the Chinese by Sam Hamill The birds have vanished and now the last cloud drains away We sit together, the mountain and me ...
Friday, June 21, 2024

1155. A Sleepless Night - Philip Levine

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April, and the last of the plum blossoms scatters on the black grass before dawn. The sycamore, the lime, the struck pine inhale and firs...
Sunday, June 09, 2024

1154. The Way To The Temple - Wang Wei (701-761)

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Translated by Sam Hamil l Searching for Gathered Fragrance Temple: miles of mountains rise into clouds, ancient trees darken the narrow...