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eileen chengyin chow

@chowleen.bsky.social

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@chowleen most elsewhere; my old tweets reappear here at odd times. Duke prof, APSI Dir+DGS, Duke Story Lab founder. DUP Sinotheory, LAReviewOfBooks board. Shewo Institute 舍我紀念館 Director, Biographical Lit 傳記文學 publisher 周成蔭 #everynightapoem

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 4d

I, however,
Have such meagre power,

Clutching at a
Moment,

While you control
An hour.

But your hour is
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.

-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.

I have done so little
For you.
And you have do little
For me.
That we have good reason
Never to agree.

I, however,
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 23h

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 1d

War creates two categories of persons: those who
outlive it and those who don’t.

Both carry wounds.

-Anne Carson
#everynightapoem

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"wound"
HISTORY OF WAR: LESSON 2
War creates two categories of persons: those who outlive it and those who don't.
Both carry wounds.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 4d

I, however,
Have such meagre power,

Clutching at a
Moment,

While you control
An hour.

But your hour is
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.

-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 1d

War creates two categories of persons: those who
outlive it and those who don’t.

Both carry wounds.

-Anne Carson
#everynightapoem

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Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2d

A poem that manages to be both powerful and a balm for the soul:

eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 4d

I, however,
Have such meagre power,

Clutching at a
Moment,

While you control
An hour.

But your hour is
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.

-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 2d

Wonderful

eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 4d

I, however,
Have such meagre power,

Clutching at a
Moment,

While you control
An hour.

But your hour is
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.

-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.

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Alice M. Cole @alicemcole.bsky.social · 3d

I love Langston Hughes and this poem is exceptionally beautiful.

eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 4d

I, however,
Have such meagre power,

Clutching at a
Moment,

While you control
An hour.

But your hour is
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.

-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 15d

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

www.chosun.com

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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 4d

"The Church cannot be silent."

"Pope Leo XIV’s eyes grew misty Wednesday as an El Paso delegation led by Bishop Mark Seitz presented him letters and a video that captured the fears and anxieties of people facing mass deportation in the United States..."

In Vatican meeting with El Pasoans, Pope Leo XIV offers support to migrants facing deportation - El Paso Matters

During a Vatican meeting, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with migrants after hearing firsthand accounts gathered by El Paso’s Hope Border Institute and La Mujer Obrera about the human toll of U.S. ...

elpasomatters.org

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for reading them!

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 4d

idc I am still praying for dolly

Nathan @nathandunbar.bsky.social · 4d

"Do I look sick to you?" 😂

Dolly Parton Posts Video Saying ‘I’m Not Dying!’ Amid Health Concerns: ‘Do I Look Sick to You?’

Dolly Parton has issued a statement assuring fans that she is doing fine, after her sister's public plea for prayer for her health set off alarm bells.

variety.com

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 4d

I, however,
Have such meagre power,

Clutching at a
Moment,

While you control
An hour.

But your hour is
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.

-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 4d

Kept it simple with pork and cabbage for this batch (I would usually add chives, shrimp, mushrooms etc)

eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 5d

I was going to post a #中秋 poem. But this year the eccentrically-shaped dumplings made by cheerful frosh in my kitchen, were my poems.

(And every single 🥟 held up!)

I’m holding a pan of dumplings of various shapes wrapped by my students

Part of my class came over to wrap dumplings - group photo of Duke freshmen

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 6d

"I feel no sense of caution or restraint, nor do I have any doubts, finally. Something has come full circle. I commit the same errors as in the past but they are no longer errors. There is only beauty, passion, desire."

-Annie Ernaux, "Getting Lost" (tr. A. Strayer)

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 6d

maybe Paterson?

eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 6d

it's a lovely film, not great nor profound and a bit sentimental - but with wonderful young actors and a very good Robin Williams. And it's a film of persuasion for the non-poets, so not surprised that you didn't see it.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 6d

Seen it (of course)

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 6d

this thread makes me realize how much i have always happily embraced the zeitgeist - even as a teen in taiwan, i have seen/read/played all of the movies/books/games that folks below (presumably growing up in the west) have not

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 7d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 10d

These elections are so important, Durham! Please make a plan to vote during the current primary and then the (very quick) general election.

Kayla @bookschaosnart.bsky.social · 10d

Friendly reminder to Durham peeps there’s a primary election on October 7th (early voting now) and then full local elections in November.

I know a lot of people in the feed are fed up with electeds but the local ones are the ones that actually matter for things like roads schools etc.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 6d

fantastic!

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 10d

I have been younger in October /
than in all the months of spring

-W.S. Merwin, who understands (we share a birthday — the last day of September)

“The Love for October”
#everynightapoem #October1st

have been younger in October /
than in all the months of spring

-W.S. Merwin, who understands

“The Love for October”
#everynightapoem #October1st

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 9d

The wind got up in

the night and took our plans away

-John Berger,
"Ten Dispatches About Endurance in Face of Walls”

#everynightapoem #ofsorts

"Ten Dispatches About Endurance in Face of Walls”
(October 2004)
I
The wind got up in

the night and took our plans away

(Chinese proverb)

#everynightapoem #ofsorts

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 7d

‘I have been younger in October than in all the months of spring’.

Me too! Arriving at the end of September, all ready for the nights closing in.

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gilly diviani @ruagaire.bsky.social · 8d

the wind was busy last night

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