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Duckweed Pond

by Wang Wei

Wang Wei

Spring pond deep and wide

Time for the vessel’s return

Slow the duckweed flows together

Willows draw them apart again




Quotes of the Day

Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.
• Carl Sagan


Poems of the Day
  • Marge Piercy
    For the Young Who Want To
    by Marge Piercy
    Talent is what they say you have after the novel is published and favorably reviewed. Beforehand what you have is a tedious delusion, a hobby like knitting. Work is what you have done