By Nay Thit
When the dreamer dies, the dream begins searching for someone else—someone who might take it in and…
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- By MirabaiTranslated By Chloe MartinezRama, I gave my heart to you alone.
When love takes root, do you just cut it down,
or, darling, do… - By MirabaiTranslated By Chloe MartinezJust let him go! Honey, who calls a yogi her own?
He’s always indifferent to me, sister, he makes no sense. - By MirabaiTranslated By Chloe MartinezSomeday you’ll think of me, Rama, as you wander, detached.
Holding a posture, he sits quite still,… - By E. Ethelbert Millerwe would take the train to brooklyn
leaving the bronx
down through harlem
out to prospect park
bergen… - By Shann Rayi . sorrow is the curved ribcage of a beautiful death,
- By Shireen MadonYou stood beside our god, you anointed a human king, and yet you are forever
rendered the shortest of… - By Rigoberto GonzálezBoys will be boys, the saying goes,
even if that boy will one day
age into Messiah. One would
never guess… - By Lucille Cliftonoh Master Of All Who Take And Wash
And Eat lift me away at the end into evening
forever into sanctified… - By Samatar ElmiWho art in Cali.
Programmer by trade.
Thy start-up come,
thy will become
an FTSE 500.
Give us this day our… - By Roger RobinsonUnder the billowing heat of the white
tarpaulin church tent, my mother lowered
her worshipping hands and… - By Malika Bookeri.
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the lord
and thus formed the habit of my non-naming,
there … - By Patrick RosalHere, my one raucous prayer
coaxed from this poor drum,
my double heart, under a beat-up slat
of divine… - By Linda HoganWe lived in houses on stilts.
The tides ran beneath us.
We who did not follow rules of a church
were… - By Ye ZhouTranslated By Wang PingPlease bring a light
Into the grotto cave, please don’t forget
To bring a handful of barley.
Please plant… - By XiwaTranslated By Wang PingWe believe in our soul
More so than our visible, touchable flesh
We believe in our soul, as if we had … - By Ye Zhou将一盏灯送进
石窟，也别忘了
带一把青稞。
将一棵菩提
栽上壁画，也别忘了
供一碗净水。
将一尊佛像请进
敦煌，一定别忘了
养一对羔羊。
菩萨不会走。
可万一走了，这些
就是我们疼痛的拌料。
