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Ascending the Pagoda at the Temple of Kind Favor

November 10, 2021 encomia

by Cen Shen* (715 - 770) The pagoda, rising abruptly from earth,Reaches to the very Palace of Heaven....Climbing, we seem to have left the world behind us,With the steps we look down on hung from space.It overtops a holy landAnd can only have been built by toil of the spirit.Its four sides darken the bright… Continue reading Ascending the Pagoda at the Temple of Kind Favor →

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Two Poems by Fenton Johnson

February 5, 2021 encomia

Fenton Johnson was an African American poet who wrote before and during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and early 1930s. He self-published several collections of poetry, including A Little Dreaming (1913), Visions of the Dusk (1915), and Songs of the Soil (1916). His poetry is often anthologized and exhibits a range of style from… Continue reading Two Poems by Fenton Johnson →

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The Dreamer

January 31, 2021 encomia

On a midnight in midwinter when all but the winds were dead . . . (Poetry by Alfred Tennyson)

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