poetry-magazine叮嘱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。ReligionBuddhismLivingSorrow & Grieving
poetry-magazineThinking of ItBy Michael RobinsHere before the sun rises, I find it difficult to make the words, to leanforward three years after your… Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGrief
poetry-magazineSmall TalkBy Michael RobinsI dreamed you called without reason, picking up where we left the water months ago. Origins without … Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGrief
poetry-magazinebroken lyreBy Asha Futtermanmy hands are still my handslike my grandfather’s handsare his hands and theyare on the windowattached… Related Audio LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
poetry-magazinePleaseBy Ye ZhouTranslated By Wang PingPlease bring a lightInto the grotto cave, please don’t forgetTo bring a handful of barley.Please plant… Related Audio ReligionBuddhismLivingSorrow & Grieving
poetry-magazineFrom “First Light: 88 Frequencies” [“I feel/felt by”]By CAConrad I feel felt by another but I’malone in the room Related Audio LivingSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFriends & Enemies
poetry-magazine汚れつちまつた悲しみに ......By Nakahara Chūya 汚れつちまつた悲しみに 今日も小雪の降りかかる 汚れつちまつた悲しみに 今日も風さへ吹きすぎる 汚れつちまつた悲しみは たとへば狐の革裘 汚れつちまつた悲しみは 小雪のかかつてちぢこまる 汚れつ… Related Audio LivingSorrow & GrievingGriefMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineThe Death of the BookBy Luke Allan1. This morning the nurse tested me for allergies. She said she’d test for “known allergies,” which … Related Audio LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
poetry-magazineOn This Bit of Soiled Sadness…By Nakahara ChūyaTranslated By Jeffrey AnglesOn this bit of soiled sadnessThe flurries fall again todayThrough this bit of soiled sadnessThe wind… Related Audio LivingSorrow & GrievingGriefMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineChicken for BreakfastBy Kazim AliA book led me to the particular performance of the cello suiteAnd watching the cellist play so tentatively… Related Audio LivingSorrow & GrievingThe MindDoubt & Contemplation
poetry-magazineWhen UntouchedBy Lauren RussellHammock dumpingyou onto bruisedgrasses, frayedthoughts droopsideways, hammeringmorning. Slipper-footed… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingSorrow & GrievingThe BodyRelationshipsHome LifeAnxiety & Insecurity
poetry-magazineCrossingBy Ross WhiteI’m not the first man to lose his fatherslowly, not the first to wonderwhen I walk in the room if the… Related Audio LivingDeathGrowing OldHealth & IllnessSorrow & GrievingThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief + 2 more
poetry-magazineAh-gong’s FuneralBy Tiffany HsiehI was a forty-one-year-old rabbitthat year, which was said to be unluckyfor the rabbits to go face-to… Related Audio LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
poetry-magazineOrfeoBy Dan Beachy-QuickI created more loss where I meant to make less.Created more debt where I meant to make depth.Created… Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingArts & SciencesMusicMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyGrief + 3 more
poetry-magazine⽊兰花·和孙公素别安陆By Zhang Xian相离徒有相逢梦。门外马蹄尘已动。怨歌留待醉时听,远⽬不堪空际送。今宵风⽉知谁共。声咽琵琶槽上凤。⼈⽣⽆物⽐多情,江⽔不深⼭不重。 Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGrief
poetry-magazineDepartureBy Zhang XianTranslated By Shangyang Fangto the tune “mu lan hua: magnolia” After tonight, what’s left of you is youmoving into my dream. Outside… Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGrief
poetry-magazineDomestic InteriorBy Shara McCallumPain enters through an open windowand you say it is the wind.It marrows into beams, gutterswalls. Still… Related Audio LivingSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsHome LifeBlameMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineFrom “Underworlds”By Kimberly Johnson i The last time I lost you, I had turned To salt. The hospice nurses all assured An easier passing… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingDeathHealth & IllnessMarriage & CompanionshipSorrow & GrievingGrief
poetry-magazineVoicemailBy Norla Chee miss you calling me at work leaving stupid jokes on my phone like the one about the Arapaho, the Navajo… Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingSorrow & GrievingGrief
Callie Barr's Black BottomBy Malcolm TariqYou may find her behind Rowan Oak, a shadow of fortress where then now you find no real entry place. Social CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingBlameGrief