Monthly Archives: December 2006

Chinese cricket poetry

Posted on December 24, 2006 by Beth

Listen to the Cricket by Bei Ju-Yi, Tang dynasty The Singing cricket chirps throughout the long night, tolling in the cloudy autumn with its rain. Intent on disturbing the gloomy sleepless soul, the cricket moves towards the bed chirp by … Continue reading →

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groan…

Posted on December 24, 2006 by Beth

Christmas Eve – presents wrapped; scratchy throat precedes the latest Christmas ‘gift’…

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Fog

Posted on December 22, 2006 by Beth

The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbour and city on silent haunches and then moves on. – Carl Sandburg …except that it’s not. Anyone who’s been trying to fly out of the airports in Southern … Continue reading →

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