Ssshh… And what kind of silence is that, self-imposed, or the sort that comes from outside, Shut up or else?
It has been more than six weeks since those exams, and there was an email this week from the department apologising for the delay in sending out the results, and now, he explained, with the postal strike.
The fruits of our labours, while other voices are clamouring, Have you written any poems recently, Not since the one in July, What do you think about the translation of the chapter on Nibbana, What is there to say, what can I possibly say.
And the attention of the gentle Professor, her eloquent smile, Are you upset or something, A narrative begun with the title Life Before.
In November mmj is attending two Arvon writing weeks.
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