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Pania

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  • on The Steps by Paul Valery, on August 20

    Who did the translation?

    I'd like to ask about word choice in the translation

  • on Verse by Nizar Qabbani, on April 25
    This is a wonderful poem, clear-seeing and willing to accept the blame for what has happened to his country because men like him who knew what was needed did nothing. The final stanza is beautiful /spring rain, corn ears of the future/ calls to mind such fertile richness as well as the metaphorical food for the future generations. I liked this very much.

  • on Behind The Gates Of The Wealthy by Du Fu, on April 21
    Amazing how this Chinese poet could write this poem in 775 when he died in 770.


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  • on This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams, on April 16
    For me, this poem demonstrates a long-term intimacy with the addressee. He is not sorry, and doesn't say he is. He also knows that the plums were probably being saved for his breakfast. He is acknowledging that he has disrupted a minor household routine, and the poem/note is an indication of his warm regard and appreciation.