filed in Poetry on Feb.08, 2010
Due to many factors, I have again had a bit of inactivity. But I can’t just ignore this blog entirely, so I decided it was time for yet another poem by Cao Cao. There are parts of this one that are hard to understand without some background and cultural information. Some of this I knew [...]
filed in Poetry on Oct.24, 2009
I’m just going to ignore the fact that I have posted nothing for several months and jump right into this one. Currently, I am in a very, very unpleasant literature class. In particular, the poetry section of said class is pitiful. The poems we’re being made to read are garbage, especially an anthology of poems [...]
filed in Poetry on Mar.11, 2009
Those of you who know me know that one of my favorite people in all of human history is the 2nd century Chinese warlord Cao Cao; Cao A-man, Cao Mengde, Emperor Wu Wei, Father of Cao Wei and, my personal favorite: The Hero of Chaos. A man, “Great enough to rule the world and evil [...]
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