Max Winter

In Vietnam there is a whole bunch of sugarcane and trees that grow very well in Southern Vietnam. There is a delta in southern Vietnam called the Mekong Delta. The animals and rich land belong to Southern Vietnam. Southern Vietnam has a lot of industries all over the world. Southern Vietnam is best known for its beautiful land and mountains along with its ancient land. Vietnam is located in Southeast Asia. There are three bodies of water that eastern vietnam borders and they are The Gulf Of Tonkin, The South China Sea , and The Gulf Of Thailand.The largest mountain range in vietnam is called the AnnaMese Cordillera.

I thought the book was very interesting. I learned a lot about Vietnam and the different parts of Vietnam. Overall, I would give it a five out of five stars. I rated the book high because it gives lots of facts and details. It made me want to visit Vietnam. While I visit Vietnam I would want to see the ancient lands. I also look forward to trying some of the local food.… (plus d'informations)

The Pictures is divided into two parts, “Still” and “Moving,” a series of still photographs or paintings followed by a series of moving pictures. This distinction may be arbitrary, however, since the movement of the eye regarding the still pictures and movement of the moving picture across the eye, if you will, create the same flat, affectless impression. The titles in the first section, dimensions such as 5 x 7, and more unusually, 7 x 24, create the impression that the pictures under scrutiny here are photographs. For although we rarely, if ever, refer to a painting in terms of its width and length, we commonly refer to photos that way. The titles in the second section are quantities of time, such as 4 minutes or 16 minutes.
Some of the pictures are described in color, others in black and white. However, the color in the color pictures seems to wash out in the mind; a certain whitewashing takes place so that all “feel” like they are black and white. On second thought, some of the “stills” do appear to be glossy magazine ads, two-page color spreads perhaps, ads that incorporate expensive automobiles. Some of the moving pictures may be home movies or amateur videos; others, clips from commercial films.
These are ekphrastic poems, straying away from description only in very subtle ways. Too subtle perhaps? Whether these are descriptions of actual photos, paintings and films remains unclear. They may all well be imagined. Many of the still poems move infinitesimally beyond description as they close, evoking a kind of thought bubble or illumination. For example, “8 ½ by 11”: "In five minutes it will rain./ Thought will be no more necessary/ and no less essential." The moving pictures, on the other hand, are mostly lacking in such moments and are, in my opinion, less satisfying. The poem “7 Minutes” is an exception. Describing a bizarre Japanese film clip involving a baby who unzips his head to pull out a jumble of miscellaneous objects, this poem throws the reader pleasingly off balance in a way that none of the other poems does. It ends evocatively: “and at this point/ the film breaks/ and the lights come up, and we realize/ we may have stopped breathing/ for a moment or two.” I only wish more such poems had been included in the book.
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