Posts Tagged: furniture
Who sits on the Red Lotus flower?
On October 29, 2018
- Street scenes - buildings
“The Goddess of Wealth
…who sits on the Red Lotus flower
offers the fair flow of water,
…affluent shadow,
affluence of paddy harvest,
…name and fame,
huge prosperity,
…lots of wealth and property;
she also always offers longevity
…for those who are not deceptive and trickery!”
(V.K. Kanniappan translation from Tamil Nalvazhi)
Liège (B)
A chair in snow is always sad
On September 20, 2018
- What has been left
“… a chair is shaped for just one thing
to hold
a soul its quick and few bendable
hours
perhaps a king
not to hold snow
not to hold flowers”
(J. Hirshfield in A chair in snow)
Liège (B)
Blue and that after drinking just one can of beer
On June 23, 2018
- What has been left
“One little beer can be alright,
One big black beer, or maybe a lite.
Two beers down you begin to glow,
And you’ll be singing, before you know.”
(J. Olivarez in Drinking beer)
Rocourt (B)
Quite a row of them sitting there
On June 7, 2018
- What has been left
"At night when reddest flowers are black Those who once sat thereon come back; Quite a row of them sitting there, Quite a row of them sitting there." (Th. Hardy in The garden seat) Rocourt (B)