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Soft whispers

21 Tuesday Nov 2017

Posted by Betty Zhang in Notes

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Beauty, feelings, literature, poetry, prose, sentence, writer, writing

roses tumblr

“So this is how I came to lament sadness—in my very own garden, where I weep in shades of blue, amid roses blooming. To wit, to wilt. Adieu.”

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Lo, lit! Ah.

26 Monday Jun 2017

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books, english, english literature, lit, literature, writer, writing

lolita movieLiterature

Literature about literature

Literature about literature about literature

Lit of my life, fire of my lores!

My thing, my thought.

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Prose arrest

12 Monday Jun 2017

Posted by Betty Zhang in Notes

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literature, poem, poet, poetry, prose, writer, writing

calliope muse poetry greek

I wrote

a poem

and sentenced

myself

to prose

arrest.

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The King Is Not Dead

05 Sunday Mar 2017

Posted by Betty Zhang in Notes, Opinion

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1950s, america, culture, elvis, elvis presley, icon, music, musings, Opinion, pop culture, rock, thoughts, twentieth century

elvis.jpg‘There’ll never be another Elvis,’ said the old man to the impersonator. But there needn’t be, not when he is survived and granted eternal life by his works, influence, and legacy. Why would we need another Elvis when he is the one and only? The king never died; he is unsurpassable; long live the king.

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Ah-chOo!

10 Tuesday Jan 2017

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description, humor, sentence, words, writer, writing

vintage sneezing.jpg

He sneezed shut like a folding chair.

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Dreich

23 Friday Dec 2016

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english, feelings, gif, language, mood, nature, rain, sad, scottish, writer, writing

rain gif.gif

All doom & gloom makes for a glum girl.

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Vincent

06 Tuesday Dec 2016

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art, artist, culture, literature, love, painting, poem, poetry, vincent van gogh, writer, writing

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Orange ‘n’ blue / Van Gogh my boo

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Shakespearean actor dons cheap gorilla suit

18 Friday Nov 2016

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cinema, film, gorilla, hollywood, internet, jimmy kimmel, king kong, movie, pop culture, tom hiddleston, tv

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When in Hollywood. Continue reading →

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Diluted sham

11 Friday Nov 2016

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advertising, art, cat, food, health, humor, lifestyle, poster, vintage, writer, writing

vintage-poster

Skim milk.

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Dear uncle Obama,

09 Wednesday Nov 2016

Posted by Betty Zhang in Letters, Notes

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america, donald trump, hillary clinton, letter, obama, Opinion, politics, us elections, usa, vote

bo first dog.jpg

Dear uncle Obama,

Daddy is as abusive and ignorant as he is orange, and mommy, though a lot better, is Continue reading →

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