Digital musings from the Emerald City
A witch has possessed me in her twisted hold.Struck me stone still with her deep, dark eyesand put a curse upon my soul.She came to me like a dream that soon went cold.She placed a kiss upon my lips and pierced my heart with ice.So the witch possessed me in her hold.First I grieved and [ ]
As we run through the trees the dial reads five hundred meters from the marker when my foot snags on an exposed root and I m sent crashing into a bed of mud and bark. It gets all in my mouth and eyes so that all I can see is blackness with stars dancing across my [ ]
This poem was written by Xin Qiji (辛弃疾 xīnqìjí), a reknowned poet of China s Southern Song dynasty. It is an example of 词 (cí) poetry, one of the major forms of Classical Chinese poetry. 词 poems originated during the Tang dynasty, inspired by musical traditions brought from Central Asia which gained massive popularity in the [ ]
This is a poem by Li Bai dedicated to Wang Lun (汪伦, wānglún), a good friend and fellow poet. It is said that Wang Lun, an admirer of Li Bai, sought to entice the poet to visit his home in Jing County (present day Anhui) by inviting him to tour the 十里桃花 (shílǐtáohuā, lit. five [ ]
This poem was written by Du Fu (杜甫), a Tang dynasty poet considered one of the greatest Chinese poets in history, along with his contemporary and friend Li Bai. It was written after the fall of the capital Chang an during the An Lushan Rebellion which began in 755 and evokes images of the poet s sorrow [ ]
This poem comes from a collection of poems called 唐多令 (táng duō lìng) by Liu Guo, who was active during the Southern Song dynasty. The epigraph of the poem (not linked or translated here) recounts that the verses were composed during a feast amongst friends at Anyuan. Please forgive any transgressions I may have committed [ ]
today i read the stories that i wrote eight years ago.the cringey, juvenile, half-assed storiesthat i would never write today,older and wiser that i am.imagine my surprise when i discovered stories, not perfect and maybe not even good,but still full of vibrant life and joy and hope.vigorous, powerful stories that contained the very essenceof myself [ ]
I thought of the idea of this poem while on a recent trip to New Mexico. It is about those who help us find our way back home when we feel lost. Roads Somewhere on the road back from Santa Fe the setting sun begins to paint the sky sinister with a blood-red hue. And [ ]
i pluck out strands of hair and let them fall to the floorin haphazard piles of sinewed black,like discarded legs of spiders, meticulously torn apartby some unknown being with insidious intent today s harvest is like all others.with cupped hands i push the hairs togetherand form a hollow nest.i do not know what creatures live herein [ ]
The Hard Road to Shu (蜀道难) is a poem by the Tang dynasty poet Li Bai, describing the treacherous passage to Shu, which is located in modern day Sichuan province. 蜀道难 The Hard Road to Shu 噫吁嚱，危乎高哉！ Ah! How dangerous, how high! 蜀道之难，难于上青天！ The road to Shu is hard, like climbing to the great blue [ ]