Comments on: On Chinese Poetry

By: Kola Tubosun

Kola Tubosun — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:27:57 +0000

I tried to learn German once, but I never got farther than the first ten numbers, and a few random phrases. I’m now having to learn Spanish inevitably because my flatmate Ben happens to be a student of Spanish. Imagine my surprise to discover that he is a student in Clarissa’s class. Good good stuff.

By: ifeoluwa

ifeoluwa — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:26:27 +0000

You know every language is unique. Learning a new language as an adult might be challenging but intriguing. Many times I wish I could learn a dozen a month but it’s wishful thinking. This little piece has just reawakened that dream in me. I hope I live the dream and try to pick up my German tapes again.

By: Temitayo

Temitayo — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:59:05 +0000

Had the opportunity of picking a new field of poetry to work on for my project this semester…something I was interested in and wanted to research. So I had Chinese literature and Indian literature…Let’s say I was just inquisitive. Wanted to be away from the Ol’ African poetry. Dunno but Indian literature still looked more familiar maybe it’s cos of Indian friends or Indian movies. The closest I’ve been to Chinese is Chinese food. Which I love cos of the ‘hawt’ pepper. Going the ‘Chinese’ way kept me asking–would my supervisor be patient enough to go all the way to learn about a new culture? Or he’d just look at it and say–why are these ‘children’ so ambitious. It may not even get approved anyway. Maybe I should have tried Now look at me reading about Chinese lit here