Poetry
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Literature
The Good Pears Are Eaten by Bears
A pumpkin vine has climbed onto a pear tree And has produced fruit. From far away, one might think That…
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Poetry: In pursuit of freedom
I’m in pursuit of freedom, Seeking abode in the celestial kingdom, To eschew earthly boredom, But to gain otherworldly wisdom.…
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My Language – Poetry from China
I shall pause several times to echo you. Different flights, those with an “I” and those without. Rhetoric of another…
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Inclined Ear – Poetry from China
There is no desert, no castle in the air Worth your bending down to listen, incline your ear? Li Yucong…
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Fire of Life – Poetry from Croatia
Cover me with your beauty Fill the cracks in my heart. Without you I’m a dried-up source A standing river.…
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Fire-Drinker – Poetry from China
Beside the stove he spent his whole life Father’s two lung lobes were the first to hoist the white flag……
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Unwritten Writings – Poetry from Azerbaijan
Unwritten writings are also Like unwritten laws — Society itself lives by those laws. I write the unwritten And I…
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Listening to the Wind – Chinese Poetry
Close eyes, see with the heart What eyes behold may not be truth Flowers are flowers, mist is mist Flowers…
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Short Songs – Poetry from China
This life is scrawled, like a bird stripped of its plumes, yet the painter grows wings. Xiao Huang Xiao Huang,…
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Peacocks have forgotten their dance
The peacocks have forgotten their dance, Now that you walk with such grace. Bharumal Amrani Bharu Mal Amrani is a…
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