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Kipling claimed East is East and West is West never the twain shall meet marching westward the earth is round..
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Headlines:
“Cohn: Long arm of Sri Lanka’s Toronto envoy” (The Toronto Star)
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Poem by Chen-ou Liu (see poet biographies). Read more by this poet.
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Tags: Chen-ou Liu, Cohn, Death Threat, East and West, Kipling, Marching, Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Racism, Sri Lanka, Toronto
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December 10th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Chen-ou -
firstly I find the Kipling reference a great tool to link the poem to a broader historical / cultural realm. Secondly, I absolutely love the two line resolution “marching westward / the earth is round” – a statement which is as powerful as it is simple. Fantatic.
December 11th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Chris, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this and for your encouraging comment.
Chen-ou
December 11th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
I found that article tough going. But it is plain to see that politics and politicians (which at this stage I think everyone knows is another way of saying ‘greed and corruption’) has overtaken the importance of the people and even the issues which have become nothing more than pawns as some little big shot flexes his political muscle.
Another twain that should but never do meet are politics and common sense.
Thankfully the wit and creativity of Chen-ou’s verse was there to pick me up:)
December 12th, 2009 at 10:18 am
“Another twain that should but never do meet are politics and common sense.”
I couldn’t agree with you more!
Terry, thanks for your thoughtful reply. I enjoy reading it.
Chen-ou
December 12th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Chen-ou, I also found it hard to absorb the information in the article, but overall, for some reason your tanka makes me feel as if simple solutions exist to all our problems…which is probably true!
Lary
December 13th, 2009 at 2:47 am
Lary, I don’t think there are simple solutions, but we need to face our problems because this is the New Era of Migration.
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment on my poem.
Chen-ou
December 13th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
The twain aren’t even a twain. Or should I say “isn’t.”