Tuesday, July 16, 2024

1159. Yes - Muriel Rukeyser

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It's like a tap-dance Or a new pink dress, A shit-naive feeling Saying yes. Some say Good morning Some say God bless Some say Possibly S...
Thursday, July 11, 2024

1158. With Kit, Age 7, At The Beach - William Stafford

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We would climb the highest dune, from there to gaze and come down: the ocean was performing; we contributed our climb. Waves leapfrogge...
Wednesday, July 03, 2024

1157. A Hardware Store As Proof of the Existence of God - Nancy Willard

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I praise the brightness of hammers pointing east like the steel woodpeckers of the future,  and dozens of hinges opening brass wings, and ...
Saturday, June 29, 2024

1156. The Birds Have Vanished - Li Po

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  Translated from the Chinese by Sam Hamill The birds have vanished and now the last cloud drains away We sit together, the mountain and me ...
Friday, June 21, 2024

1155. A Sleepless Night - Philip Levine

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April, and the last of the plum blossoms scatters on the black grass before dawn. The sycamore, the lime, the struck pine inhale and firs...
Sunday, June 09, 2024

1154. The Way To The Temple - Wang Wei (701-761)

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Translated by Sam Hamil l Searching for Gathered Fragrance Temple: miles of mountains rise into clouds, ancient trees darken the narrow...
Sunday, June 02, 2024

1153. In The Very Earliest Time - Eskimo

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In the very earliest time, when both people and animals lived on earth. a person could become an animal if he wanted to and an animal could ...
Sunday, May 26, 2024

1152. Sometimes - David Whyte

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Sometimes if you move carefully through the forest, breathing like the ones  in the old stories, who could cross a shimmering bed ...
Monday, May 13, 2024

1151. Writing A Resume - Wislawa Szymborska

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Translated from the Polish by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh What’s needs to be done? Fill out the application and enclose th...
Friday, May 03, 2024

1150. On Living (Part 1) - Nazim Hikmet

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Translated from the Turkish by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness a squirr...