A Lovely Song for Jackson ~ V.R. Lang If I were a seaweed at the bottom of the sea, I’d find you, you’d find me. Fishes would see us and shake their heads Approvingly from their submarine beds. Crabs and sea horses would bid us glad cry, And sea anemone smile us by. Sea gulls […]
Deer ~ No Ch’on-myong (Translated from Korean by Ko Won) Because of your long neck you are a sad animal; always quiet and gentle. Your line must have been of high birth, you have their noble crown. Looking at your image in the water brings back long-lost tales with a nostalgia too sharp to bear. […]
The Wind, One Brilliant Day ~ Antonio Machado (translated by Robert Bly) The wind, one brilliant day, called to my soul with an odor of jasmine. “In return for the odor of my jasmine, I’d like all the odor of your roses.” “I have no roses; all the flowers in my garden are dead.” “Well […]
With You Here at Mertu ~ Anonymous, Egypt, 1567 BCE With you here at Mertu Is like being at Heliopolis already. We return to the tree-filled garden My arms full of flowers. Looking at my reflection in the still pool— My arms full of flowers— I see you creeping on tip-toe To kiss me from […]
If You Want Me to Stay With You ~ Natalie Barney Translated by Patrice Titterington If you want me to stay with you Lower your voice, Pitch it To the intimate moments And let us have a large pot Of hot water with the tea.
