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Ah well... faith, placebo, and mega dosing. I'm taking 2000 mg daily which would be the upper limit for me (usually only 500 mg). Here's my research which corroborates your conclusion: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Vi...hProfessional/
Searched for context and found this: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46069119 Sad poem of colonialism... otherwise enjoyed.
"VAINLY hath heaven denounc'd the woman's woes," - Robert Nugent; Epigram Xvii... https://allpoetry.com/Epigram-XVII.
re Vitamin C: The conclusion was from my doctor. Something that called my attention: according to the tables of your research, the absorption of C Vitamin reminds absolutely the same whether one is 20, 40, 70, 100...
re: Laurence Hope. Congrats!Iīm absolutely amazed at this new find! How did you find it out? Iīdidnīt think that interplay between blue and brown eyes so very masculine but, oh well, I didnīt smell there was a whole story behind it.
"WAGON WHEEL GAP is a place I never saw"."Localities" by Carl Sandburg
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/po...ocalities.html
Re: Laurence Hope - just a bit of googling :)
A type of list poem of things the protagonist (Sandburg?) has seen and not seen... nicely done, reminds me of a song Never Been to Spain... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1uSxhFcJn4 ... Enjoyed :)
Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name:
"Heaven's aspect, the water's colour- West Lake is good." - Ouyang Xiu; Heaven's Aspect, the Water's Colour (Picking Mulberries)... http://www.chinese-poems.com/oyx8.html
Thanks for the song link, gonna listen tomorrow because it's late already (neighbors kerfuffly).
The poem by Ouyang Xiu seems to be much better than it's translations:
For example:"Heaven's aspect, the water's colour- West Lake is good/.Cloud creatures all fresh" might mean:
"The sky looks as drawn in water colors.The west lake is beautiful".
The creatures formed by the clouds are all recent "
"you shall above all things be glad and young"."you shall above all things..." by e.e. cummings
https://allpoetry.com/items/read_by/...494113&page=65
Agreed re: translation. I like the reference to "cloud creatures"... leaves so much to the imagination :)
e.e. on war... as true then, and before, and henceforth... maddening. Enjoyed :)
"Zebra brings the presents to the host of the party." - PinkFaerie5; Zebra Clown and Dalmation Bring the Party... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17030593-...by-PinkFaerie5
re translation: you got a point there but usually the Chinese poems in the net are more carefully translated.
Enjoyed the Zebra poem!
"A fourth was needed so one of the three"."The Card Players" by Calvin Forbes
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/the-card-players/
Wonderful reminiscent poem. I too can't play a lick at cards but love to watch Texas Hold'em played by the pros on the telly when I can... it's been over two years? (scratching head). Enjoyed :)
"Begin the day with a heart unguarded," - Mohammad Younus; Begin The Day With A Heart Unguarded... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/begi...art-unguarded/
A poem about virtue.
The Sonnets To Orpheus: Book 2: XXII
"Call to me to the one among your moments"."by Rainer Maria Rilke
Found here... https://allpoetry.com/The-Sonnets-To...-Book-2:-XXIII A bit over my head... thank heavens for the summary... Enjoyed :)
"Dreams drift like whispers in the dark," - Mario, Lucien, Rene Odekerken; Dreams... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dreams-982/
Sorry forgot to include the link of the sonnet.
Simple words and images but to the point.
"Elder father, though thine eyes"."The Holy Of Holies" by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
https://www.poetrycat.com/gilbert-ke...he-holy-of-hol
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4581...-h/45811-h.htm
Found the poem here: https://www.poetrycat.com/gilbert-ke...holy-of-holies
"'God Almighty, and with Him / Cherubim and Seraphim, / Filling all eternity-- / Adonai Elohim.'" Also thank you for the P.G. daily 'G.K.C.' works... Enjoyed :)
"First, there's the entrance, narrow, and so small," - Fay Inchfawn; Within My House... https://www.poetrycat.com/fay-inchfawn/within-my-house
No idea what happened to the link this time. Thank for restoring the right one!
Enjoyed the simplicity of this poem.
"God with honour hang your head,"At the Wedding March" by Gerard Manley Hopkins
https://www.poetrycat.com/gerard-man...-wedding-march
"Divine charity, dear charity, / Fast you ever, fast bind." Enjoyed :)
"HIS Soul fared forth (as from the deep home-grove" - Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Samuel Taylor Coleridge... https://www.poemine.com/Dante-Gabrie...Coleridge.html
A poem by two famous poets! Enjoyed the comparison with the bird nest.
"I am in need of music that would flow"."I am in need of music" by Elizabeth Bishop
https://allpoetry.com/I-Am-In-Need-Of-Music
Delightful poem by EB... the healing power of music... Enjoyed :)
"John Brown of Ossawatomie spake on his dying day:" - John Greenleaf Whittier; Brown Of Ossawatomie... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-green...of-ossawatomie