2013年9月29日 星期日

【浪淘沙 ∙寫夢】

 
 
好夢最難留,吹過仙洲,尋思依樣到心頭。
去也無蹤尋也慣,一桁紅樓。 
 
中有話綢缪,燈火簾鈎,是仙是幻是溫柔。
獨自淒涼還自遣,自製離愁。
 
龔自珍
 

龔自珍1792822日~1841926日)字爾玉,號定庵,浙江仁和(今杭州)人,清代思想家、詩人、文學家及改良主義的先驅者。著有《國語註補》、《三禮圖考》、《兩漢書質疑》、《楚辭名物考》等書。另外著有《定庵文集》,留存文章300餘篇,詩詞近800首,今人輯為《龔自珍全集》。著名詩作《己亥雜詩》共315首。

龔自珍27歲中舉人,38歲中進士。曾任內閣中書、宗人府主事和禮部主事等官職。主張革除弊政,抵制外國侵略,曾全力支持林則徐禁除鴉片。48歲辭官南歸,次年暴卒於江蘇丹陽雲陽書院,年僅49歲。死因頗多猜測,一說他跟親王奕繪的小老婆顧春私通,被奕繪之子毒死,史稱丁香花疑案 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2013年9月27日 星期五

Some fun to share


 
A poet and a scientist were traveling together on a plane. The scientist was bored and said to the poet, "Hey, you, do you want to play a game? I'll ask you a question, and if you get it wrong, you give me $5. Then, you ask me a question, and if I can't answer it, I'll give you $5."
The poet thought about this for a moment, but he decided against it, seeing that the scientist was obviously a very bright man. He politely turned down the scientist's offer.
The scientist, who was really bored, tried again. "Look, I'll ask you a question, and if you can't answer it, you give me $5. Then you ask me a question, and if I can't answer it, I'll give you $50."
The poet agreed. "Okay," the scientist said, "what is the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon?"
The poet, obviously not knowing the answer, didn't stop to think about the scientist's question. He took a $5 bill out of his pocket and handed it to the scientist.
The scientist happily accepted the bill and promptly said, "Okay, now it's your turn."
The poet thought about this for a few minutes, then asked, "All right, what goes up a mountain on three legs, but comes down on four?"
The bright glow quickly vanished from the scientist's face. He thought about this for a long time, taking out his notepad and making numerous calculations. He finally gave up on his notepad and took out his laptop, using his Multimedia Encyclopedia. As the plane was landing the scientist gave up. He reluctantly handed the poet a $50 bill.
The poet accepted it graciously, getting ready to stand up. "Wait!" the scientist shouted, "you can't do this to me! What's the answer?"
The poet looked at the scientist and calmly put a $5 bill into his hand.

 
A musical director was having a lot of trouble with one drummer. He talked and talked and talked with the drummer, but his performance simply didn't improve.
Finally, before the whole orchestra, he said, "When a musician just can't handle his instrument and doesn't improve when given help, they take away the instrument, and give him two sticks, and make him a drummer."
A stage whisper was heard from the percussion section: "And if he can't handle even that, they take away one of his sticks and make him a conductor."



 
 
An old man lived alone in Idaho. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, Bubba, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament.

Dear Bubba:
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me.

Love, Dad

A few days later, he received a letter from his son.

Dear Dad:
For heaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up that garden. That's where I buried the BODIES.
Love, Bubba

At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local Police showed up and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left.
That same day, the old man received another letter from his son.

Dear Dad:
Go ahead and plant the potatoes now. It's the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love, Bubba


 
A middle-aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the
hospital. While on the operating table, she had a near death
experience. Seeing God, she asked, "Is my time up?" God said, "No, you
have another 43 years, two months and eight days to live." Upon
recovery, the woman decided to stay in the hospital and have a face-lift,
liposuction and tummy tuck. Since she had so much more time to live, she
figured she might as well look even nicer. After her last operation, she
was released from the hospital. While crossing the street on her way
home, an ambulance killed her. Arriving in front of God, she demanded,
"I thought you said I had another 40 years? Why didn't you pull me out of
the path of that ambulance?" God replied, "Girl, I didn't recognize you”


2013年9月26日 星期四

【秋風曲】

 
 
 
秋風起兮百草黃,秋風之性勁且剛。
能使群花皆縮首,助它秋菊傲秋霜。
秋菊枝枝本黃種,重樓疊瓣風雲湧。
秋月如鏡照江明,一派清波敢搖動?
昨夜風風雨雨秋,秋霜秋露盡含愁。
青青有葉畏搖落,胡鳥悲鳴繞樹頭。
自是秋來最蕭瑟,漢塞唐閣秋思發。
塞外秋高馬正肥,將軍怒索黃金甲。
金甲披來戰胡狗,胡奴百萬回頭走。
將軍大笑呼漢兒,痛飲黃龍自由酒。
 
秋瑾 




秋瑾(1875~1907) 競雄,又號「鑑湖女俠」。競雄就是不讓鬚眉的意思。浙江山陰人,自小家境富裕,能寫詩填詞、騎馬擊劍、使棒舞槍,立志要做一名巾幗英雄。19歲時,她嫁給了湖南湘潭人王廷鈞,可是她對這個胸無大志、思想保守、花錢買官做的丈夫相當鄙夷,夫婦感情一直都不合睦,所以她在生了一兒一女後,就變賣首飾,離家赴日留學。

秋瑾與丈夫分居後,就到日本留學。他認識了許多革命志士而參加同盟會。成為同盟會第一位女性黨員。留學日本期間,她組織了中國最早的婦女團體──共愛會,並擔任同盟會浙江支部的主盟人。秋瑾回國後在上海辦「中國女報」,提倡婦女解放。她希望藉著這份白話文女報,鼓吹女子走出家庭。不過,後來女報因經費不足就停辦了。女報停刊之後,秋瑾再次投身革命事業,她又在浙江辦大通學校設立革命機關,與徐錫麟組織光復軍。徐錫麟起義失敗,秋瑾的祕密活動也暴露,被清廷逮捕。清廷對秋瑾嚴刑審問,秋瑾隻字不說,清吏強迫她寫供詞,秋瑾只在臨刑前寫了「秋風秋雨愁煞人」七個字。清吏只好偽造秋瑾的口供,然後加上罪名,秋瑾終於被殺害。秋瑾是為革命而犧牲的第一位女性。
 
 

 


2013年9月25日 星期三

【一生】

 
 
 
秋天,我們到莫內的畫中
取一些光
一些淡如往事的色彩
幾許悽涼攀在門牆上
那悠閒的行人可沒說什麽
一條路把孤獨寫出來
我們是往下走呢還是
分開?
一株樹在路旁等待歲月
我們在歲月裏
飄泊 
這就是船舶的意思
帆蓬兜着潔白的風
桅檣繡出一張一張又一張
面貌相異的天空
我們的微笑不妨再蔚藍些
為那永恆的朝露  任自己
一逕燒到天邊
直到海水翻過來
把最熾烈的心映給我們看
──英雄淚如寒星 
也許
我們仍餘下一小段路  也許
我們仍然來得及
到莫內的畫中 
枯樹發芽
 
葉翠蘋

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2013年9月24日 星期二

To the bright east she flies (#1573)

 
 
 
To the bright east she flies,
Brothers of Paradise
Remit her home,
Without a change of wings,
Or Love’s convenient things,
Enticed to come.

Fashioning what she is,
Fathoming what she was,
We deem we dream—
And that dissolves the days
Through which existence strays
Homeless at home.
 
Emily Dickinson







 

2013年9月23日 星期一

【長相思】

 
秋風清,秋月明,葉葉梧桐檻外聲。
難教歸夢成。
砌蛩鳴,樹鳥驚,塞雁行行天際橫。
偏傷旅客情。
 
李攀龍 
 

李攀龍 (1514-1570) ,字于鱗,號淪溟,明朝歴城(今山東濟南)人。嘉靖23年(1544) 進士,官至河南按察使。與王世貞同為「後七子」領袖,著有《淪溟集》。
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2013年9月22日 星期日

【風之變奏】


 
不肯被拘束的是風是妳的長髮
 
常想見妳搖妳的長髮於風中
常想見我的手指悄悄步入
那一陣朦朧的夜霧裡
 
就把我對妳所有的想念
重複地寫在風上
當它穿過妳飛飄的長髮時
如繽紛的落英
灑在妳四周
 
我知道風帶不回來妳的笑語
妳的容顏
哎,我原不是個奢求的人
只要風帶來妳淺淺的呼吸
 
看幾時能為妳的佳期
叫東風吹紅了蓓蕾
且將柳條編織
造一頂軟軟的小花轎
抬妳行過弓橋來
 
景翔


2013年9月20日 星期五

Weekend fun


 
Jimmy, a priest and a rabbi were talking one day and during the course of the conversation, Jimmy casually asks the rabbi, "I know that in your religion, you're not supposed to eat pork... but have you really never even tasted it?" The rabbi responded, "I must tell you the truth. Yes, I have, on the odd occasion." Jimmy then asks the priest, "I know that in your religion, you're supposed to be celibate, but..." The priest interjected, "Yes, I know what you are going to ask, and yes, I have succumbed to temptation once or twice." The rabbi then asks the priest, "Better than pork, isn't it?"
 

 

 
A man walked into the ladies department of a Macy's, and walked up to the woman behind the counter and said, "I'd like to buy a bra for my wife" What type of bra?" asked the clerk. "Type?" inquires the man. "There is more than one type?" "Look around," said the saleslady, as she showed a sea of bras in every shape, size, color and material. "Actually, even with all of this variety, there are really only three types of bras," replied the salesclerk. Confused, the man asked what the types were. The saleslady replied "The Catholic type, the, Salvation Army type, and the Baptist type. Which one do you need?" Still confused the man asked, "What is the difference between them?" The lady responded, "It is all really quite simple. The Catholic type supports the masses, the Salvation Army type lifts up the fallen, and the Baptist type makes mountains out of mole hills.
 

 

 
A nun, badly needing to use the restroom, walked into a local Hooters. The place was hopping with music and loud conversation and every once in a while the lights would turn off.

Each time the lights would go out, the place would erupt into cheers. However, when the revelers saw the nun, the room went dead silent.

She walked up to the bartender, and asked, "May I please use the restroom?

The bartender replied, "OK, but I should warn you that there is a statue of a naked man in there wearing only a fig leaf."

"Well, in that case I'll just look the other way," said the nun.

So, the bartender showed the nun to the back of the restaurant, and she preceded to the restroom. After a few minutes, she came back out, and the whole place stopped just long enough to give the nun a loud round of applause.

She went to the bartender and said, "Sir, I don't understand! Why did they applaud for me just because I went to the restroom?"

"Well, now they know you're one of us," said the bartender, "Would you like a drink?"

"But, I still don't understand," said the puzzled nun.

"You see," laughed the bartender, "every time the fig leaf on the statue is lifted up, the lights go out. Now, how about that drink?"

2013年9月19日 星期四

【波斯菊的傳說】

 

 
北地有一縷清音
在薄曦中
來自無波的晨
 
波斯菊已將晨光流瀉
沿湖迤邐
爭相傳說着
昨日的夢寐
以及你
眼底的迷離
 
在浦公英的脈絡裏
竟然是
你寫就的一曲秋殤
飛揚着
你從四個季節
八個方位
以長天秋水之姿
鋪陳着松花湖旁
千百朵波斯菊的
哀傷
 
我掬水拂塵
聽得一聲聲輕喚
隨波而去
波斯菊將再生的眷念
植入湖邊的
第五季
 
潘郁琦









 

2013年9月18日 星期三

【念奴嬌·中秋對月】

 
桂花浮玉
 
正月滿天街
 
夜涼如洗
 
風泛鬚眉並骨寒
 
人在水晶宮裏
 
蛟龍偃蹇
 
觀闕嵯峨
 
縹緲笙歌沸
 
霜華滿地
 
欲跨彩雲飛起
 
 
 
記得去年今夕
 
釃酒溪亭
 
淡月雲來去
 
千里江山昨夢非
 
轉眼秋光如許
 
青雀西來
 
嫦娥報我
 
道佳期近矣
 
寄言儔侶
 
莫負廣寒沉醉
 
 
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