A folk song from Inner Mongolia*
by Marie Marshall
*Free rendering of Pastoral Song by Xixian Qu.
Marie Marshall, 19th April 2014.
Photo (detail), Wikimedia Commons.
Marie Marshall
Author. Poet. Editor.
*Free rendering of Pastoral Song by Xixian Qu.
Marie Marshall, 19th April 2014.
Photo (detail), Wikimedia Commons.
Marie Marshall 
The pearl image is delightful.
Like pearls from a broken necklace on an emerald velvet cloth is a beautiful metaphor.
when my friend’s mom sang her predictable wake up jingle, “today is the day the lord has made,” my friend never disagreed, just reminded mom that “the lord would probably make tomorrow as well” and then he rolled back to bed.