Poems 2007-2017
By Ralph Lake
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Poems written between 2007-20017. These poems reflect themes common to much poetry--life's difficulties and brevity. Some are responses to books I have read, most though were composed in response to situations I have found myself in. These situations are not in any way unique though at the moment of composition they presented themselves to me with a certain urgency. An example is the poem I wrote while shopping at a mall A Day Out in the World. It contains the commonplace feeling of alienation that often arises in circumstances like that. However, it also expresses a feeling of hope or at least comfort that being human allows us--not often perhaps but just often enough.
Ralph Lake
I am a retired Chinese teacher (Douglas College, New Westminster 1988-2015). Since retirement I have taken up old interests in earnest—Chinese-English translation (literary), poetry and the writing of novels for adults and young readers. My interests include Chinese literature and history, British history and classical music. My wife Siew is an artist who grew up in Kuala Lumpur. We lived in China, Taiwan and Malaysia in the 1980s. We currently live in Vancouver, Canada.
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