In this month of honoring Holy Mothers giving birth to Light, this is a lovely moment. Woman to Child ~ Judith Wright You who were darkness warmed my flesh where out of darkness rose the seed. Then all a world I made in me; all the world you hear and see hung upon my dreaming […]
A poetic expression of the Sunday Night Blues many of us are feeling. Drifting on the Lake ~ Wang Wei Translated from Chinese by Tony and Willis Barnstone and Xu Haixin Autumn is crisp and the firmament far, especially far from where people live. I look at cranes on the sand and am immersed in joy […]
Sleeping on Horseback ~ Po Chu-I Translated from Chinese by Arthur Waley We had ridden long and were still far from the inn; My eyes grew dim; for a moment I fell asleep. Under the right arm the whip still dangled; In my left hand the reins for an instant slackened. Suddenly I woke and […]
For the Anniversary of My Death ~ W. S. Merwin Every year without knowing it I have passed the day When the last fires will wave to me And the silence will set out Tireless traveler Like the beam of a lightless star Then I will no longer Find myself in life as in a […]
I Starve My Belly for a Sublime Purpose ~Anna Swir (Świrszczyńska) Translated from Polish by Czeslaw Milosz and Leonard Nathan Three days I starve my belly so that it learns to eat the sun. I say to it: Belly, I am ashamed of you. You must spiritualize yourself. You must eat the sun. The belly keeps […]
