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The Mandolin Player

Letters from the shed

The Mandolin Player

Five finger dancers jête fret to fret.
They spring and leap with incandescent glee
unknown to...

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They Say…

They Say…

Opposites attract, so what kind of phone do you have?

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Happy cannibalism

Happy cannibalism

Join the crowd, join their throwing
of stones and dirt, insanity growing
A dusty cloud, the...

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Look how beautiful death is

Look how beautiful death is

All men wept while lifeless beauty slept
Crying; Nothing this ripe can survive nature’s tests...

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POETIC JUSTICE

POETIC JUSTICE

LEAR WROTE NONSENSE WHICH TURNED OUT THE BEST,
ENOUGH TO FLUMMOX AND PUT THE IRISH TO THE TEST,...

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Empty Spaces

Empty Spaces

I tried to let it go.
All of this time, I’ve been wanting to know.
Where is it we must go?...

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Top Gun~

The 80’s ‘classic’ (some think it’s s**t)

Top Gun~

You’re dangerous Maverick~
Your ego is writing cheques your body can’t cash. And I’ve got a lit...

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Kombucha trilogy with chia...

Kombucha trilogy with chia seeds spells molotov cocktail

(particularly when nursed at room temperature)

I learned that Kombucha
best be kept...

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Old Times

-- Song by Xiaojuan + Residents From the Valley

Old Times

Lyricist & composer: Li Ziheng
Arranger: Wang Yumin
Translated by Yiyan Han (c) 2021-11-...

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Ah-Weh-Eyu - Pretty Flower

Ah-Weh-Eyu - Pretty Flower

Ah-Weh-Eyu - Pretty Flower

Ah-Weh-Eyu,
my pretty flower ..
Daughter
of the...

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Heart platter

Heart platter

Lively dinners
Laughing sinners
Raise your spoon
High towards the moon
Now,...

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A Walk in the Park

A Walk in the Park

Beautiful birdsong interrupted
By blaring sirens screaming
The drooling druggie flatlined...

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Zhuo Wenjun: Love of Countless

- This was how to express love two thousand years ago

Zhuo Wenjun: Love of Countless

The translator's hint for this poem : From one to ten-thousand, then from ten-thousand to one backwards,...

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Lucky Charms, Curses,...

Lucky Charms, Curses, Superstitions And Old Wives' Tales

I never kept a rabbit's foot,
Wasn't one for lucky charms.
Not even a four leaf clover,...

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Small Talk

In the lost of my mind where we grew up
It was unsaid to speak to another color not our own
...

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" O "

" O "

The slippery slope of knowing O
A widened window to slide within
The hide and seek, with...

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Wasted.

Wasted.

Granny says "I don't want you to go to waste."

And I say.

Wouldn't it be nice to be living...