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入口: 2008.6.6 拍摄于上海 博客: Angel Studio (皮皮金工作室）
| great memory, looks nice, thanks |
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hepingdao |
2010-02-15 09:24 |
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入口: 探子 博客: 崔健的博客
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hepingdao |
2010-02-05 20:49 |
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入口: 刀光剑影和紅唇香车之大武汉 博客: 圆满之觉悟的博客
| 我叫太阳每天把幸福的阳光洒在你身上，我叫月亮每天给你一个甜美的梦境，祝愿你事事如意！ |
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我家三儿 |
2010-01-07 05:20 |
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入口: 步师长盈枝兄原韵 博客: 君山楚女的博客
| 我叫太阳每天把幸福的阳光洒在你身上，我叫月亮每天给你一个甜美的梦境，祝愿你事事如意！ |
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我家三儿 |
2010-01-07 05:19 |
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入口: Yellow Earth, Red Drum 博客: Lake's blog
| by Suzanne » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:13 pm
Hi Lake,
Boy, being far from the the western United States, I found I enjoyed these images and they resonated with me.
It was surprising to me that I my imagination remembered so much detail as I read your words.
You have incorporated a lot of color, clear natural elements.
I enjoyed this. I wold be interested in hearing about your inspiration.
Warmly,
Suzanne
by David » Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:42 pm
Is this Genghis Khan and his horde, surging out of Mongolia to terrorise us poor Europeans? It's extremely evocative and quite exciting. Nice work, Lake.
by Arian » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:30 pm
Hi Lake - is it my imagination, or have you been reading Rudyard Kipling?
Anyway, nice work - very strong atmosphere and it maintains a steady rhythm. The second half of s3 is exceptional, to my mind.
There's (I think) a couple of typos and punctuation slips, but I'm sure you'll sort those for yourself.
by David » Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:39 pm
Lake wrote:
David wrote:
Is this Genghis Khan and his horde, surging out of Mongolia to terrorise us poor Europeans?
Alas, David, is this that powerful, fierce like a volcano? It must be too loud too noisy I'm afraid.
No, it must be me just leaping to stereotypical conclusions, as usual!
Happy Christmas to you, Lake. You are an adornment of this site.
Cheers
David |
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Lake |
2009-12-29 20:30 |
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入口: 美国大兵在新津机场系列故事之三 博客: 张灏天的博客
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cugyipan |
2009-12-29 05:19 |
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入口: To a Young Gunner 博客: Lake's blog
| Very topical, the brevity of the piece avoids the bulkiness that´s easy to subscribe to with a subject that´s surrounded by much opinion, propaganda and various conspiracy theories. I think you nailed the very human element of the subject, in a way that conveys it very well.
regards
Danté
Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:55 pm
Nicely done. So much more effective to say just enough.
Ros Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:40 pm
A touching moment, painted with restraint, Lake, and all the better for it.
Good stuff.
Cheers
David Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:23 pm |
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Lake |
2009-12-17 08:30 |
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入口: To a Young Gunner 博客: Lake's blog
| Lake,
A wonderful and direct piece- astonishing in its clarity and feel--- I really need to spend more time engaging in the thoughtful and wise discussions that are being generated here- But alas as one can see from my less than usual flood of poems- These days I don't have the presence of mind to fully engage in the erudite discourse represented here-much to my chagrin-
But am honored and pleased to see what your poem and many others have inspired!
Many Thanks!
DC 12/13/2009 |
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Lake |
2009-12-13 13:33 |
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入口: To a Young Gunner 博客: Lake's blog
| This is a short but very effective poem, Lake. Its brevity gives it its impact, and it's reminiscent of another short war poem by Randall Jarrell:
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner*
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from the dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
As in Jarrell's poem, your poem's strength lies in the fact that it leaves out the politics and just shows the carnage. We can all make up our minds as to the meaning or meaninglessness of "Afghanistan," but one thing's for sure: there will be human wreckage in any deployment.
QUOTE (dedalus @ Dec 11 2009, 01:35 AM) *
... There is undoubted sympathy for the youth of the boy, but as a professional volunteer soldier (a non-draftee, as in the Vietnam War days) he surely must have expected deployment to some hotspot in the world where the US government is proceeding with its Global War on Terror ... Anyone who has joined the US military since 2001 knows that he (and sometimes she) is going to get sent somewhere to shoot at people and get shot at or blown up in return. The poignant bit is that apart from friends and family at home nobody really gives a shit what happens to these boys (and girls), and I'm not only talking about the world at large, but the USA itself.
One does wonder what would prompt anyone to join the ranks of the enlisted in a volunteer military, especially today. The lure of "college money" or even the prospect of being rewarded with a career in which one gets to wear jackboots at home upon return seems hardly sufficient. Granted, there's plenty of subversion and propaganda coming from the government, but an enlistee would have to be pretty deluded to not realize that he is likely to be deployed to invade another country and kill or be killed. As the old saying goes, "He who lives by the sword dies by the sword."
As an American, I would like to point out that there are many Americans who oppose the Anglo-American acts of aggression being perpetrated around the world under the guise of a ridiculous "War on Terror." Terrorism is, after all, a tactic. It's not an enemy, and one cannot wage war on it.
I, myself, find it difficult to be very sympathetic. Support the troops? What does that mean? I can only "support the troops" by saying, "Bring them home!" I have always been outspoken against their "mission," that is, against their current unjust cause(s). Their plight is both tragic and a shame.
QUOTE (Lake @ Dec 11 2009, 02:22 PM) *
We all know obeying the order is a soldier's bounden duty ...
While the American soldier might be obligated to follow all lawful orders, he is certainly not obligated to follow, and has a moral duty to resist, all unlawful orders. For example, if American troops were ordered to fire upon the American people, it would be their duty to arrest any officers giving such commands and to deliver them for prosecution and, hopefully, execution. The American military is subservient to the civilian authority; it does not exist of it's own volition. Those civilians acting in the name of America's government who would use America's military to further unjust causes must be held accountable by the American people for their warmongering abroad and, in a case of waging war against the American people, for treason. There are many who agree with this, many who would agree if they weren't asleep, and many who don't care. And not caring is a real shame.
Tony Dec 11 2009, 09:53 PM |
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Lake |
2009-12-13 13:32 |
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入口: Haiku 9 Brain Teasers 博客: Lake's blog
| azure85 graded your homework
Yes, you rewrote one of mine. Yours is much better than mine, it brings out the images more!-azure85
Graded: 8/10, Excellent understanding - you got 13 points!
12/12/2009 |
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Lake |
2009-12-12 21:28 |
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