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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--excelsior(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年10月09日08:26:35 星期一), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
excelsior (ik-SEL-see-uhr) noun
Slender, curved wood shavings used especially for packing.
[Originally a trade name.]
"In a glint of needle light, of grass seeds, dew flecks, a friend is
throwing her voice
While far inside a grainy heaven a butcher's apron ripples its dried
blood in the wind.
The bark strippings, excelsior, the panicles of the garden. In the midst
of summer a friend cuts greens and places them in a bowl as if they were
fronds.
A friend is a vinegar - and now, pearl-shaped, in clusters, faces among
her face,
A globes rise on the lawn, each above a root of recriminations."
Garden solstice. (poem), The Antioch Review, 1 Jun 1996.
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(1904-1991)
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Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/excelsior.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/excelsior.ram
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