I WILL BE SILENT |
For Karim
We used to have peace, but now we have only war.Halima
I will not speak of the dead
for that is another matter.
I will not speak of those
driven out of their homes
to f...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:25:00 GMT |
EARTHENWARE |
A century and half will never
make earthenware gleam,
even if it be scoured and forgotten
at the bottom of a stream.
I am earthenware
born daughter of the house
taken wife of the man
created...
Posted by on Wed, 31 May 2006 01:30:00 GMT |
FOR YOU |
I read again the card you sent last Christmas.
Though you guessed I would get it by summer,
you sent it nevertheless; and it came,
much to my surprise and yours, before the passing of winter.
...
Posted by on Tue, 30 May 2006 01:50:00 GMT |
ALL I HAVE IS A SHIRT |
I have nothing
no dream châteaux with Ferraris
parked in front
no chauffeur driven May Bach,
an office on wheels with a bar.
Neither do I dress to work
in a ten thousand dollar Armani suit,
though ...
Posted by on Tue, 30 May 2006 01:48:00 GMT |
TRAVELER |
I am seated in solitude,
with thoughts of Kyoto,
gentle breeze against my temple.
Yuki pours sake for gentleman, clothed with sunlight
sight of this fellow before me, eating rice.
Posted by on Tue, 30 May 2006 01:45:00 GMT |
SUNGLASSES |
I will wear sunglasses
so as to hide the tears which form in my eyes
for a man is not supposed to cry,
so they say,
and because of this
my heart I have kept in a safe.
But I will wear sunglass...
Posted by on Tue, 30 May 2006 01:38:00 GMT |
RAVEN |
"Teach them politics and war so their sons may study medicine and math in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music and architecture..." ---John Adams
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Posted by on Tue, 30 May 2006 01:35:00 GMT |
