A game of chance and handwriting. I remember playing Exquisite Corpse (the drawing version) on long car rides with friends, but it is a game that dates back farther than that. It has passed on, generation to generation. It itself truly is the exquisite corpse of our times. During the Introduction to Mythology class that … Continue reading THREE EXQUISITE CORPSES
Tag: Poems
东湖之游
BY ANNA YANG 西湖碧荷晓残妆，东湖紅梅俏女郎。 世人皆称西湖好，哪知东湖更风光？ 游东湖补作——（与冯老师共作） 曾經西湖赏碧荷，谁知惊艳引悲鸣。 如今東湖观紅梅，遗憾期盼竟随风。 東湖西湖皆胜景，才子佳人断柔情。 世間真愛不关物，高山流水知难逢。
A LETTER TO DREAM
BY 夏菀泽 回忆你的时候让我孤独， 梦着你的时候让我向上。 等着吧， 别飞了。 当我推开了你的门， 你就走不了了。
THIS TIME NEXT YEAR
BY ATEEQA RIAZ This time next year In a purposeless tracksuit Working out my problems In a redundant tracksuit Yoga pants that don’t stretch Uncomfortable sterile white trainers thinking life was so much better last year. This time next year I’m back in between the sand, the sea, the desert and the Burj catching up … Continue reading THIS TIME NEXT YEAR
Osmanthus Press Poetry Zine – 19/06/24
After our first poetry reading night back in June we compiled a zine. Here is a collection of some of the poetry read out on that night: seventeen poems as written or chosen, and read by eight poets. Eleven are in the English language, and seven in Chinese. Thanks to everyone who came. Open Mic … Continue reading Osmanthus Press Poetry Zine – 19/06/24
Launch Night: Volume #0 – Earshrub
Back on 19/06/24, we held our first poetry reading night in promotion of our first published book of poems Volume #0 - Earshrub. Many thanks to our friends at Sense Club who were kind enough to let us use their space for this event, and many thanks to everybody who performed, and everybody who came. … Continue reading Launch Night: Volume #0 – Earshrub
FIFTY-SEVEN SECONDS
BY EUAN KIDSTON I see our story unfold in the fifty-seven seconds it takes to watch this 作品. I first see an innocent child alone on the concrete, where 有一次 I found all the things you could not take left in a pile in front of the place I found abandoned. Yet that child 没尝遍人间的酸甜苦辣 … Continue reading FIFTY-SEVEN SECONDS
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