Word: poem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Millions more people have seen him pushing Nike Air Jordans, Pepsi and Wheaties than performing magic -- make that outperforming Magic -- on a basketball court. But all the commercial hype and publicity fade away when he does play, for Michael Jordan is the artwork and the artist, the poem and the . poet. He reinvents the sport every time he rises -- and rises -- into the air. He plays the game without cliche...
...Dartmouth, veddy Ivy League but founded as a prep school for New Hampshire Indian lads. Their common link, besides furtive lust, is Christopher Columbus. She has been asked for an article on the quincentennial of his first voyage from her people's perspective. He is laptopping an epic poem on the great explorer. In pursuit of Columbus' lost diary, Roger and Vivian fly to Eleuthera in the Bahamas as guests of a junk-bond financier on the lam. This quasi Milken thinks Vivian knows the secret burial site of a golden crown that Queen Isabella gave Columbus. But what...
...eight-line poem seemed innocent enough. Its themes of homesickness and patriotism clearly appealed to the conservative editors of the overseas edition of the People's Daily, where it appeared two weeks ago: "I miss my distant home/ Never will I give up my aspirations to serve my country." But hidden within these traditionalist sentiments, attributed to Zhu Haihong, a student studying in the U.S., was a subversive message. When the Chinese characters are read diagonally from upper right to lower left, a slap at the country's repressive and unpopular Premier becomes clear: Li Peng must step down...
...poem, written carefully in black ink, received the typical slew of responses. "Nice poem, but the calligraphy is a turn-off. Buy a Mac like everybody else," wrote one commentator...
Another liked the poem. "Your piece is marked by balance, dimension and remarkable clarity," the critic wrote. "Poignant expression and lucid meaning. Interesting diction and scholarly tone. Good luck...