14-08-08 From a Weekend First Paul Farley One for the money. Arrangements in green and grey from the window of an empty dining-car. No takers for this Burgundy today apart from me. I'll raise a weighted stem to my homeland scattering by, be grateful for thes...

14-07-01 Green spaces in towns and cities need extra consideration as they may be damaging buildings in the area, according to new research from the Universities of Southampton and Surrey. When organic chemicals from trees and vegetation mix with air polluta...

14-04-17 What's the Matter Maureen N. McLane Why the low mood, the picking at food? Maybe it's the weather. Maybe it's hormones. Explanation's cheap but sometimes hits the mark. I am the target of mysterious arrows I myself let sling. O that's your fantasy o...

14-03-26 May Baskets Spring was late that year, but to Jill it seemed the loveliest she had ever known, for hope was growing green and strong in her own little heart, and all the world looked beautiful. With the help of the brace she could sit up for a short...

14-02-14 奇松怪石strangely-shaped pines and grotesque rock formations 平等互利equality and mutual benefit 扬长避短play up strengths and avoid weaknesses 反腐倡廉fight corruption and build a clean government 层峦叠嶂peaks rising one after another 优胜劣汰surv...

14-02-13 In the torso of a great windstorm Claire Kelly Odds and Ends, 1939 The wind makes everything alive. Without movement a subject is dead. Just look! -- Emily Carr Put your hand over a flashlight, watch it glow faerie（仙境） pink. Picture -- lit from...

14-01-16 Green tape refers to excessive environmental regulations and guidelines that must be followed before an official action can be taken, which may lead to delays and cost blowouts on projects. Green tape指某个项目正式开始之前需要通过大量的环保法规和方...

13-11-07 Polaroid Andrew Elliott I once got talking to a girl on a bus. Her father had worked for the US Air Force. She said it had been to do with black shit and stuff. We had both of us boarded at Corpus Christi. I had noticed her hair, it was like my own....

13-11-07 Five Tankas Harryette Mullen Walking along the green path with buds in my ears, too engrossed in（埋头于，热衷于） the morning news to listen to the stillness of the garden. Don't need picket fences（尖桩篱栅） , brick wall, or razor wire. Our home'...

13-09-06 Clifton Gorge Gerard Manley Hopkins Balsam floods the woods, swathing（包围） our senses like moss swaddles roots and earth. Ferns flutter in the shadow of the wind moving through, while we descend into the sanctuary（避难所） of the gorge like the...