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• A poem: On Politics（论政治） - CBA7 - ♀ (1651 bytes) () 01/15/2024  18:41:45

• Hi, 小西! Plato didn't welcome poets to his Republic. - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  19:27:21

• Why? Poets lied through their teeth while putting truth - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  19:31:20

• in words, in Plato's opinion. So here we have - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  19:33:27

• a great political philosopher hellbent on banishing poets. - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  19:36:00

• In my opinion, good poetry is beautiful with deep truth. - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  20:58:33

• 小西,don't even think about getting a visa to Plato's Republic - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  19:38:08

• Let's ditch Plato while we're enjoying your poem on politics - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  19:41:18

• 谢谢秋兰的点评和鼓励。 - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  21:08:09

• Hahaha, such a lovely pun! I have never thought about going - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  21:03:08

• to Plato's Republic though. :) - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  21:05:16

• However, Plato is welcome to read my poem no matter he is - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  21:35:41

• in heaven or in hell. Hahaha! - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  21:36:46

• Hopefully poets would be much easier to get their visa to - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  21:40:39

• Plato's Republic after he reads my poem. :) - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  21:42:22

• Good morning, 小西! Don't worry about Plato the philosopher. - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  06:11:28

• There's an ancient Greek muse known as Sappho. Her poetry - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  06:16:45

• even catches fire with the reading public today. She's an - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  06:20:34

• amazing feminist from an Aegean island. - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  06:24:30

• Good morning 秋兰！Good to know. No worries at all. Why? - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  09:16:29

• Because I have an ideal Repulic to go and it's named as - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  09:19:26

• Renqiulan's Republic (RR)! No visa needed, of course. 哈哈哈！ - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  09:22:56

• Again, this is not a joke. - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  09:24:08

• Literaly, RR也可以理解为是“人人(Ren Ren)“，所以Renqiulan's Republic (RR) - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  09:59:15

• 也就是每个人的Republic, isn't that ideal? 堪比世外桃源了！ - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  10:01:31

• Yours is a cute idea, to say the least. Thanks! - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  15:11:26

• Plato's Republic is a monarchy（in the final analysis）ruled - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  15:14:55

• by a philosopher-king who isn't much different from - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  15:18:35

• a Chinese sage-monarch in Confucian terms. - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  15:20:09

• 在下纫秋兰愿登访小西共和诗国！ - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  15:22:34

• 哈哈哈，秋兰君已经大驾光临过了啊，我的诗无国界，就在网络世界上！Everyone is welcome! - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  20:21:33

• That's not the Republic I want for sure :) - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  20:16:23

• Now you're talking about "Poets Without... - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/17/2024  16:10:10

• Thank you! - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/17/2024  19:56:04

• 小西的诗还很深刻呢！人在江湖在，人在政治斗争在：）It never dies! 小西好诗！ - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  09:05:23

• 谢谢冬夏临帖共鸣和鼓励。从全人类的角度来说，不仅政治斗争 never dies，政治本身也是 never dies ：） - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  09:34:46

• 政治这玩意，看穿了就是磨牙扯淡和宣泄，P用也没有 - 永远老李 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  09:20:53

• 姜还是老的辣啊，老李一针见血，精辟深刻！谢谢老李分享个人感悟。 - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  09:38:20

• 我的观念的转变是从JAN 6TH的某个人的死亡开始的 - 永远老李 - ♂ (782 bytes) () 01/16/2024  10:29:26

• 谢谢老李分享。Very sad story, the reality is so real but so cruel. - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  10:37:46

• politics, a pet for politicians people, the pet's toys～～true - 盈盈一笑间 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  19:17:41

• 谢谢盈盈！ - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  20:25:21

• APAD: Land of Milk and Honey - 7grizzly - (8982 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:22:25

• Remember this well, the promised land to the Jews - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:26:41

• God promised a war-zone :-) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:37:44

• turned out the chosen people kept breaching the contracts - 移花接木 - ♂ (18 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:49:15

• Yeah. The Lord's been hard to please :-) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:03:53

• The promised land: 流奶与蜜之地，迦南美地～～ - 盈盈一笑间 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:30:21

• Don't quite get it though. IMO, that land was overhyped! - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:35:42

• beside the conflicts, anywhere else soil seems more fertile - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:56:38

• or was the most fertile at the era of the biblical time - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:06:04

• Then they move to an area and multiply... - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:09:22

• God-promised land to Jews. But it is realized through a - 方外居士 - ♂ (68 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:38:57

• genocide war. God at that time was still Jews’ family god. - 方外居士 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:39:23

• Yeah. That's the strength of a story :-( - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:43:33

• We all dream to live in the land of milk and honey :) - 甜虫虫 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:52:33

• Aren't we already landed? :-) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:57:04

• That's a good question! - 甜虫虫 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:59:14

• I'd be thankful for a boatload of porcini :-) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:05:41

• haha, that is a good one! - 甜虫虫 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:20:28

• How about potentially great, but a little uncertain /risky? - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:58:03

• For a well-told story, people risk their lives. All the time - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:02:28

• 我问上面的问题，心里面是有例子和真问题的。比如说，对于那些“走线”来美国的人，我们是不是可以贴切地说： - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:16:59

• They are going / coming to a land of milk and honey. - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:18:58

• Of course. Positively. But that's only my opinion :-) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:22:11

• I'm still struggling to adapt to this "land of milk&honey":) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:25:25

• Love your last paragraph! So well-written! - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:34:33

• Thank you, my friend. It took me a while:-) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  11:10:38

• Milk and Honey - waterfowl - ♂ (557 bytes) () 01/15/2024  17:13:30

• Elmo wanted Christmas everyday :-) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  18:24:30

• Why not a land of milk&bread？：） - 妖妖灵 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  17:51:06

• Sure, had M&B been in the Bible instead of M&H :-) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  18:25:53

• Exodus年代，中东是否还没有任何农业化不懂种植，只有畜牧业，不知面包为何物？？ - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  13:48:15

• MYSJ is a Land of Milk and Honey :) - CBA7 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  09:53:27

• It's a nourishing place for every taste :-) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  13:55:00

• We have different strokes for different folks! - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  14:06:40

• 这个好记。最后一段写得真好。 学习了awestruck ,verdant 两个新词 - 天边一片白云 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  11:45:58

• Thanks for reading and liking. - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  13:55:58

• The 93-94 Pinnacle of Hollywood Golden Age (2) - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (26118 bytes) () 01/14/2024  20:02:02

• 原来是诺贝尔文学奖获得者小说改编的电影。。庄园里的镜头充满贵族气息。。 - 盈盈一笑间 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024  20:32:42

• 他写写小说时是个小年轻，过了差不多30年才拿的诺贝尔奖。。。 - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024  20:38:07

• 好东西有人认。他小说还没出版，电影的改编版权就被买了。 - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024  20:39:53

• I enjoyed the novel more than the film. I admire - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024  20:57:01

• Kazuo Ishiguro's literary talent. His English is deceptively - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024  20:58:14

• plain but impressively suave. - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024  21:00:24

• I must confess I've not yet read any of his books. - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024  21:04:30

• I should read one or two soon... - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024  21:05:21

• You won't regret it. - renqiulan - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/14/2024  21:43:21

• Liked the story&performance even when I was in college. - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:12:39

• Tried to love the book but was distracted by better stories. - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:13:35

• Could you tell me a couple of "better stories"? - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:54:33

• Dickens, Dostoyevski, too many :-) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:59:07

• I understand these masterpieces. Any books in recent 40-y ? - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:04:41

• "Read nothing from the past one hundred years." - Taleb :-) - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:11:15

• That said, I enjoyed Michael Dibidin, Murakami, Pollan, etc. - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:12:23

• Thanks.. - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:22:35

• Thanks for sharing the movie review! - 甜虫虫 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  08:58:23

• Thanks for reading and nice words. - 唐宋韵 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2024  09:05:24

• Sir Anthony Hopkins said, his life was wasted, not doing - TJKCB - ♀ (416 bytes) () 01/16/2024  00:14:00

• Really? Any source? - 7grizzly - (0 bytes) () 01/16/2024  10:01:09