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Soul Vang: The Bamboo Grove
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To live here, one must take air, but taking air commits you to sharing it. Robert Bly. Tuesday, February 19, 2013. A desperate bird,. Fleeing rain, stumbles. Upon my little grove. Darts in with a cry. Don't ask me how. For I surely speak. Even if only temporarily-. To all of us, creatures. Big and small, fleeing. Bamboo groves be there. Need them. May we. In their thick foliage. In our journeying. Till. When we finally reach. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Visit my author website. Long Cheng, '72.
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Soul Vang: Snow Flowers
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To live here, one must take air, but taking air commits you to sharing it. Robert Bly. Thursday, August 02, 2012. For Max and the EQ. We band of stripling warriors climb. Through the redwood forest,. Skirting flower-speckled meadows,. Crossing fern-lined streams,. Of Sequoias: from seedlings,. All straight as arrows. Straining for the light. We climb and climb. The Watch Tower—. A granite pinacle overlooking. Creation’s panorama,. Rising above a two-thousand-foot ravine. Of snow and sun,. Long Cheng, '72.
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Soul Vang: METAMORPHOSIS
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To live here, one must take air, but taking air commits you to sharing it. Robert Bly. Tuesday, January 24, 2012. Printing a poem on the platen press. Facing the wooden trays,. Letter by leaden letter,. I arrange the words,. Side by side,. Into the line,. Encased in lead blocks. I build the lines,. One by one,. Into the stanza,. I place the chase. Of the platen press. Onto the plate,. Onto the rollers,. Onto the letters, the words, the lines,. The press rotates,. I take out the chase. Return the lines,.
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Soul Vang: To Live Here
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To live here, one must take air, but taking air commits you to sharing it. Robert Bly. Friday, November 11, 2011. You must take air,. And taking air commits you. With the Korean woman. Enjoying a profusion of dishes. At Jonga House;. With the African-American man. Walking protectively around her parents. Along Grand Avenue;. With the bi-racial girl. Unneeded bus transfers;. Floating gently in a line. Across Lake Merritt;. Living in dark waters under the fishing pier. Jutting from the embarcadero. Spring,...
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rplevin | Pink Hiking Socks
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The Accidental Adventuress explores the San Joaquín Valley and beyond. Loving life in Death Valley. Daniel and I recently returned from an awesome Christmas-time trip to Death Valley National Park. I highly recommend making a winter trek to the desert. It’s amazing! If you go, here are some recommendations:. It’s a six-hour trip from Fresno to Death Valley, so enjoy the journey. Take the time to appreciate Red Rock Canyon State Park. And to stop by the quirky jerky shack. We were wowed by Mosaic Canyon.
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Soul Vang: Late August Day at Mauna Kea Beach
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To live here, one must take air, but taking air commits you to sharing it. Robert Bly. Sunday, November 06, 2011. Late August Day at Mauna Kea Beach. Perfect morning: sugary sand, sparse crowd, warm sun. Farther, come across a site of old native settlement: house foundations, stone rings for cooking. Encroaching, just yards up the slope, villas with red-tile roofs and horizontal pools- the kind that blends with sea and sky when one looks from the porch. Sugary sand, sparse crowd, warm sun. Farther, come ...
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Soul Vang: You are Hmong
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To live here, one must take air, but taking air commits you to sharing it. Robert Bly. Sunday, April 28, 2013. If I say "July 4th". And you think of St. Paul;. If I say "New Year". And you think of Fresno;. If I say "home". And you have to pause to think where it is;. If, for you, jingle bells. Has double connotations;. If, entering the house, you leave. Your shoes at the door;. If you, or your parents, don't know. Your real birthdays;. If you fear your funeral. More than you fear death;. Long Cheng, '72.
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Soul Vang: The Prophecy
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To live here, one must take air, but taking air commits you to sharing it. Robert Bly. Thursday, April 18, 2013. Our parents, out of hope. And fear, consulted a saub,. Asking: which of their sons. And daughters would grow up. To be good. The oracle told them. Only one son and one daughter. Would turn out good. So our parents picked one. Likely son and one promising. Daughter to focus on. And ignored the rest. And like any good self-fulfilling. Prophecy, it proceeded. To be fulfilled- only,. Hmong Poems i...
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