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Author Archives: B Gourley
Cow Camo [Senryū]
cow camouflage:
sitting in tall grass, stilly —
unsuccessful.
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“Fame is a Bee” (1788) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]
Fame is a bee.
It has a song --
It has a sting --
Ah, too, it has a wing.
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Hive [Haiku]
the wasp hive:
its crescent entrances
see steady to & fro.
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“Riverside Daffodils” by Chen Yuyi [w/ Audio]
I still remember drinking on the Bridge of Noon
With bright wits of the day.
The silent moon
On endless river rolled away.
In lacy shadows cast by apricot flowers
We played our flutes till morning hours.
O'er twenty years have passed like dreams;
It is a wonder that I'm still alive.
Carefree, I mount the tower bathed in moonbeams.
So many things passed long
Ago survive
Only in fishermen's midnight song.
Translation: This Song Dynasty poem was translated by Xu Yuanchong in: Xu Yuanchong [translator]. 2021. Deep, Deep the Courtyard. [庭院深深.] Cite Publishing: Kuala Lumpur, p. 212-213
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Mixed Messages [Haiku]
Armada [Haiku]
DAILY PHOTO: Kaohsiung Highrises
BOOKS: “Road to Mussoorie” by Ruskin Bond
Roads to Mussoorie by Ruskin BondMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
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This is a collection of essays about Bond’s home of many years, Mussoorie, along with — as the title suggests — the areas one comes through traveling to – and hiking out of – Mussoorie. The book ventures from a straight up travelogue into ghost stories, local gossip, autobiography, and municipal history. It enlightens the reader on the White Woman of Mussoorie, on the death of its cinema, and on the town’s historical involvement in colonial licentiousness.
I enjoyed this short book. It’s humorous and offers one a feel of hill station India.
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