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Linh Dinh

Some Writings in English by Foreign Poets

The dolphins from your rope
by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl (Iceland, born 1978)

I have come from Europe, bearing the dolphins!
I tell myself: “Oh say can you see, you could have
saved a lot of money - these are mere cinema replicas -
the grocer is korean, the streets are hassidic
and the skyscrapers are huge - the poets
are playing dolphin-God, while showering
in splendour the muffins have arrived”
except of course
if the animated Bambi debate arouses pastoral passions
as dr. Jafre A. Dollar helps you develop godly character
and the movies are cheaper
soothingly, for lo I have come,
bearing you all the dolphins!

america
by Dương Tường (Vietnam, born 1932)

I call you Miss Diagonal, babe

_______________*

__I met you, Miss Diagonal
______in Broadway
the only artery which runs
______________________diagonal
in the whole grid-like Manhattan
________and I realize
______you’re Broadway
__________________so mesmerisingly long

_______________*

__________I look at America
____________through
___your perversely___di___tenderness
___your vulnerably_____a____gynecology
___your frustratingly_____g____sensuality
___your waywardly________o____friendliness
___your hopelessly__________n_____dynamism
___your puzzlingly____________al______pussy

_______________*

_________I met you, diagonal girl
__________in diagonal Broadway
______________and I realize
___________you’re America

____________8/11/1995
__________New York City

from pleasu re of readin g this work by Gherardo Bortolotti (Italy, born 1972)

2007/05/03
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party parties party

this lesson describes when and how to use exceptions

Pubblicato da bgmole alle 6:44 PM 1 commenti

2007/04/30
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no one has ever observed a dog produce a non-dog

for some situations, this is also the realistic

she is acting normal and is eating and drinking just fine

how effective you are in your job

///

Pubblicato da bgmole alle 7:14 PM 0 commenti

2007/04/26
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i am a composer, a violist, and a

mass hysteria

Pubblicato da bgmole alle 7:18 PM 0 commenti

2007/04/19
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welcome and thank you for your interest

the smiling black advertising icon has been criticized

part 2.1

Pubblicato da bgmole alle 8:47 PM 0 commenti

other than defendant

i've seen more obvious lies from police officers

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