These are very nice. Thanks for sharing!

sparkle => twinkle?

I like the old version of 《Big River》better for the space left for interpretation/imagination.  :)  

BTW, "cool-cheeked" in that poem by William Alexander Percy may simply mean the lad's cheeks feel cool, but I wonder if the poet might not have also intended to say the lad is （像草一样) "没心没肺/无忧无虑”。  The poet is widely believed to be gay, and this side of him just might have shown through a bit in this poem.

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• Hi, Ibe, thank you for coming:)) -忒忒绿- ♂ (854 bytes) () 03/07/2022 postreply 14:43:00

• I think so. twinkle is better than sparkle to describe stars’ qu -忒忒绿- ♂ (272 bytes) () 03/07/2022 postreply 14:45:00

• it’s a bit hard to get cool-cheeked In that poem:) -忒忒绿- ♂ (583 bytes) () 03/07/2022 postreply 14:51:00

• Agreed. I'm guessing the author intended the phrase -ibelieu- ♀ (236 bytes) () 03/07/2022 postreply 16:58:35

• there’s a phrase, good grief. -忒忒绿- ♂ (105 bytes) () 03/07/2022 postreply 18:19:00