Author Archives: Mengdi Xu

Cherry Blossom

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Mengdi Xu

Gently falling blossoms Drifting like flakes of snow Winter in the spring   (I couldn’t get my scanner working, so in lieu of a sketch I’m posting this blurry picture I took from under the tree during hanami.) I took this … Continue reading →

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Assimilation Nation

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Mengdi Xu

On Friday, I watched a square foot of snow slide off one of the eaves of West Hall and land on a student. Shifting glacier Pouring over black edges ― A wet scream. This week, we learned how the Japanese coped … Continue reading →

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Nature in a box.

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Mengdi Xu

I’m from Arizona, I don’t understand this weird half-rain half-snow thing New England seems to like to do. Drops of ice Shapeless in the light Still wet. (No image was demarcated in the slides this week.) When I think of … Continue reading →

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Guilty pleasures.

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Mengdi Xu

No lyrical experience this week. So far in class we’ve been talking pretty extensively about evanescence as an inherent and inescapable part of life, and about a very specific reaction to it. In the past two weeks, we’ve seen characters … Continue reading →

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Maybe I should get out more.

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Mengdi Xu

by Mandy Xu On Friday night, in the crescendo of the blizzard, I took a deep breath and trekked downhill to a party my team was throwing to celebrate a recent win. Stark white bullet sleet plunging — Struggling towards … Continue reading →

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