Don't blame it on me Jewelz! I want you to like whatever it is you want and
if a degree of seperation is needed than so be it.
hug
squeeze
smooches
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Touchy dude, you!
>
> blechhhhh......get over it!
>
> On 5 February 2010 19:55, Angel Robert Marquez <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
>
> > I think exceptional is a preference rather than a standard than, a matter
> > of
> > taste. I don't find anything that can be passed on exceptional, I guess.
> I
> > guess the barrier of my concern is making your personal preferences for
> > subjective matters rules for others and using the difference a balancing
> > scale to manipulate public opinion to suite selfish needs.
> >
> > But whatever. I read that little chinese quote in a zen book a coworker
> > gave
> > me right when I awoke this morn and thought I would share the poem with
> the
> > poetry people. maybe i'll think twice next time.
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Judy Prince <
> [log in to unmask]
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > It's whatever you think it is, and it's not what I prefer.
> > >
> > > I love to read exceptional poems, whether Chinese or not. Exceptional
> > > poems
> > > are rare, have always been rare, are rare in all cultures and eras.
> > >
> > > I'd love to be able to write exceptional poems even one of them, but
> it's
> > > sufficient to be able to read the rare exceptional poems, to celebrate
> > the
> > > joy, surprise, and beauty in them.
> > >
> > > No surprises in this explanation, I'm guessing.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5 February 2010 15:41, Angel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Does it need to be different? Why is it unexceptional?
> > > >
> > > > Is that patrick's pattern?
> > > >
> > > > I'd love to hear what you find to be uber kewl <3
> > > >
> > > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Feb 5, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Judy Prince <
> [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > So how's this different from Patrick McManus's snaps? Except this
> is
> > > >> quite
> > > >> unexceptional. Must've been a whole lot lost in the translation.
> > > >>
> > > >> Judy thinking this Chinese poem's not in the totally cool classics
> > > genre.
> > > >>
> > > >> On 5 February 2010 14:00, Angel Robert Marquez <
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> > > >> >wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> A WELL-KNOWN Japanese poet was asked how to compose a Chinese poem.
> > > >>> "The usual Chinese poem is four lines," he explained. "The first
> line
> > > >>> contains the initial phase; the second line, the continuation of
> that
> > > >>> phase;
> > > >>> the third line turns from this subject and begins a new one; and
> the
> > > >>> fourth
> > > >>> line brings the first three lines together. A popular Japanese song
> > > >>> illustrates this:
> > > >>> "Two daughters of a silk merchant live in Kyoto.
> > > >>> The elder is twenty, the younger, eighteen.
> > > >>> A soldier may kill with his sword,
> > > >>> But these girls slay men with their eyes."
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>
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> > > >>
> > > >> "I can't read my library card." ---Jeff Hecker, Norfolk, VA
> > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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