by Iman Ng
Published on: Nov 3, 2006
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Type: Poetry

Throughout the ages

there have been many sages,

all were famous for their contributions

which deserve our utmost adulation's.

Their ideas that prevail among us

have been outlandishly audacious,

from mutually-cognitive existentialism

to the fundamentals of altruism.



But none have rivaled the magic

as well as the timelessly nostalgic

works of Maxine Hong Kingston,

who presents us her world of wanton

insights and conspicuous acumen.

Behold, for a conflagration of heresy

is taking place with unprecedented calamity.

The ever effervescent realm of literature

is fomented by Kingston's pedantic stature.

Her works are obdurate to denotations

yet recalcitrant in their predilections.

Their consonance and cordial postures

cavort in our hearts and minds as caricatures,

yet austerely creeping into us in a contrite

gesture bewildering us with their highest pulchritude.


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