The Secret of Poetry
Join poet Laura Hope-Gill as she explores the relevance of Eastern and Western alchemy to poetry.
The Hauntings of Internment, with job descriptions for working with interned children at the border
An aerial photo of immigrant children at a recently opened facility in Tornillo, Texas. (Reuters/Mike Blake) Courtyard of the Happy Way 樂道院 (le dao yuan) – picture and corresponding map – courtesy of Weihsien-Paintings From the job description to work for Southwest Key: Must be prepared and physically able to respond with appropriate protocol in a variety of dynamic supervision situations with clients of 0-17 years in age. In a sudden or emergency event. Several letters from the British Crown urged him to return to England from China. My grandfather had been living in Hong Kong, Swatow, and Tianjin since the early 1930s, working as a physician for the Kailan Mining Administration. News of Japan's seizure of Nanking and Shanghai in 1937 did not motivate him to leave. During the bombings of neighboring Swatow, he worked with locals to build makeshift hospitals in the streets to treat the wounded, and still he did not leave China. His colleagues had board...
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Just found 'En Route' while packing up our house and was pleased to discover you on the 'net and still writing poems. We are leaving this house so full of 35 years of memories both good and sad but will always carry Julius, his music and smiling face in our hearts. He loved your poems!
Love,
Wendy Rawady