Walk, Road ahead, The leering hyenas waiting To taste a piece of meat, They are thirsty, Rolling tongues, I can see. A nasty stare At my body, I feel so dirty. Taking a step, I walk back, Are they coming for me? Fear Strikes my heart, Run, run, All I hear. I try my best …
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Clues: 1) “Lady with Striped Dress”2) National Gallery3) On paper, 1933/34 4) Untitled / 1969-70 Related Stories Deconstruction as a political strategy Go to Source Author: The Best American Poetry
Sometimes, when I’m reading a new collection of poetry, I think: For this poem alone, everyone should own this book. But this week, while reading January Gil O’Neil’s collection, Glitter Road, Kathleen McGookey’s Cloud Reports, and Philip Metres’ Fugitive/Refuge, I couldn’t find a favorite. Instead, I found many favorites. What I loved about all of…
Congratulations to Grace Yee who last week won Australia’s richest literary prize, the Victorian Prize for Literature, for her debut collection Chinese Fish (Giramondo, 2023). The collection traces the story of an immigrant family from Hong Kong living in the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. The judges comments noted that Chinese Fish “focuses on…
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As I walked through the garden one bright morning, I saw beautiful flowers of all kinds: Eye-catching, glimmering and sparkling as the sun. I walked towards where it laid. A rose! a rose! I screamed with all joy. I loved red roses, especially, their sweet centered and fragrance smell Like a perfume smeared on the…
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