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主题: What do you read, my lord? |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期三 四月 08, 2009 7:10 pm 主题: What do you read, my lord? |
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ericcoliu 写到: | This is the most famous quoted “monologue” in English literature. |
However, this famous monologue is not commonly believed that it's completely out of the geniusly unique hand of Shakespeare. He was influenced by his contemporary playwright Christopher Marlowe when he wrote this passage.
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Interesting. I didn't know this.
I enjoy reading the thought exchanges between you.
Did anyone attend any events held by TL? |
主题: Tanka Third Place in San Francisco International Competition |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期三 四月 08, 2009 7:08 pm 主题: Re: Dreams, Dewdrops, and Bare Trees (published by Tanka Can |
ericcoliu 写到: |
III
buried earth
a silver carpet --
maples and I
gaze at the barrenness
we see in each other |
This tanka reveals a strong sense of sadness. |
主题: What do you read, my lord? |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期六 四月 04, 2009 10:24 am 主题: Re: What do you read, my lord? |
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While the Prince was showing his contempt for the courtier's world and its empty palaver, he was no mean user of words himself. |
Yes. You're an avid reader of William Shakespeare's plays.
To be, or not to be (from Hamlet 3/1)
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action. - Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd. |
主题: If On A Winter’s Night, A Sojourner (published in MET) |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期六 四月 04, 2009 10:22 am 主题: If On A Winter’s Night, A Sojourner (published in MET) |
ericcoliu 写到: |
Below are the tanka related to my journey of immigration:
VII
my heart
is chained to my homeland
an ocean away --
memories are eroded
by time’s passing tides
VIII
I dream
in Chinese, my father's dream --
I awake
Chen-ou becomes Eric
son of Canada |
I like this tanka sequence: VII is emotionally charged while VIII is socio-politically conscious. |
主题: The Collateral Damage of A.I.G. |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期六 四月 04, 2009 10:19 am 主题: The Collateral Damage of A.I.G. |
The way that you use capitalization is unusual: capitalized I in III while small Is in I and II. |
主题: S e x, Love, and Something in Between (pub. in Inscribed) |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期六 四月 04, 2009 10:17 am 主题: S e x, Love, and Something in Between (pub. in Inscribed) |
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I’m extremely happy that my poem appears in a quality literary magazine whose target audience are writers and its art design is visually impressive. |
Yes, I concur!
III is added to the original version. It's emotive and evocative. |
主题: What do you read, my lord? |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期二 三月 31, 2009 7:28 pm 主题: What do you read, my lord? |
What do you read, my lord?
The Toronto Public Library will be kicking off Keep Toronto Reading tomorrow, a month-long celebration of books in all forms. It’s a celebration of the joy of reading as well as a celebration of Canadian writers, and to see Toronto through a variety of literary works. As part of the city's 175th anniversary celebrations this year, many Lit City events are planned around books that reflect various neighbourhoods.
“Words, words, words,” Hamlet said when the old fool Polonius asked him, “What do you read, my lord?” Was he a mean user of words himself? For anyone who is interested in this question, please read the play.
Hopefully, this thread will be a book discussion thread. What are you going read, my fellow writers?
Note: For more information on Keep Toronto Reading, log on to www.keeptorontoreading.ca. |
主题: If On A Winter’s Night, A Sojourner (published in MET) |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期二 三月 31, 2009 7:26 pm 主题: Re: If On A Winter’s Night, A Sojourner (published in MET) |
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The most exciting things about this publication is that all of my submitted tanka have been accepted, and that I’m the only non-English speaking poet (65 poets in total) and one of the few poets whose tanka have been all accepted. The following tanka sequence is those related to winter thoughts; I will post the rest of my published tanka later)
If On A Winter’s Night, A Sojourner
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Congratulations! Excellent tanka!
A thought-evoking title! What does it mean? |
主题: He/She(For Readers Who Have Active Intelligent imaginations) |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期五 三月 20, 2009 6:34 pm 主题: Re: He/She(For Readers Who Have Active Intelligent imaginati |
ericcoliu 写到: | clair 写到: |
What she said is the mirroered reflection of what he said.
Furthermore, the poem challenges the reader to think why the same utterance can have completely different meanings when spoken by people of opposite sexes. |
Interesting!
This poem, as the title indicates, is made up of two sub-poems united visually on the screen. |
Yes to both of your comments.
Adoff explores not only the connotative meaning but also the typographic semantics of the text. |
主题: Thinking of Li Bai While Waiting for Calliope |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期五 三月 20, 2009 6:30 pm 主题: Re: Thinking of Li Bai While Waiting for Calliope |
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Thinking of Li Bai While Waiting for Calliope
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The title alone is thought-evoking. |
主题: Winning Tanka of the TSA 2008 International Tanka Contest |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期五 三月 20, 2009 6:28 pm 主题: Re: Winning Tanka of the TSA 2008 International Tanka Contes |
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First Prize:
old memories
like tangled fish hooks
impossible
to pick up only one
without all the others
an’ya
Lapine, Oregon
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I immensely love this compelling yet painful simile.
The imagery of the poem is impressive. |
主题: He/She(For Readers Who Have Active Intelligent imaginations) |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期日 三月 15, 2009 12:49 pm 主题: Re: He/She(For Readers Who Have Active Intelligent imaginati |
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Its title implies this poem centers on the politics of self: gender, image. and power. |
Brilliantly put.
What she said is a reflection of what he said. |
Yes, thank you both for reading and commenting.
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This is a concrete poem in which "the typographical arrangement of words is as important in conveying the intended effect as the conventional elements of the poem, such as meaning of words, rhythm, rhyme and so on." |
Yes. Or some people would say it's visual poetry. |
主题: Thoughts on a Wintry Morning |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期日 三月 15, 2009 12:47 pm 主题: Re: Thoughts on a Wintry Morning |
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I like the teasing, merry tone of I and appreciate the biting commentary expressed in II. |
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主题: Winning Tanka of 2008 International Erotic Tanka Contest |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期日 三月 15, 2009 12:45 pm 主题: Re: Winning Tanka of 2008 International Erotic Tanka Contest |
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Judge's Comments:
"This tanka was both sensual and evocative. A woman wakes to her lover’s touch entering, like a silent thief, in the night, into her hiding place of reveries. A secret place that few can enter or will ever enter. Once into the other lover’s dream world, she unties a canoe, that has been waiting to be released, where they drift effortlessly perhaps for years or for just a brief night. They float and sail beneath ambrosial stars. Stars that are savage, wild with passion, and who knows where those constellations will take them." |
Indeed, this is sensually evocative and emotive. And I like its dream imagery. |
主题: Ramblings of a Fatigued Poet (published in American Tanka) |
christine
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论坛: English Garden 发表于: 星期日 三月 15, 2009 12:42 pm 主题: Re: Ramblings of a Fatigued Poet: My Life with Calliope |
ericcoliu 写到: |
a mouth
opening, closing
salivating --
my recollection
of a divorced man |
Brilliantly written! |
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