My Mother by Ann Taylor (1782-1866) Who sat and watched my infant head When sleeping on my cradle bed, And tears of sweet affection shed? My Mother. When pain and sickness made me cry, Who gazed upon my heavy eye, And wept for fear that I should die? My Mother. Who taught my infant lips...
Footprints in the Sand Author: Unknown One night I dreamed a dream. As I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, One belonging to me and one to my...
by Finayon Sometimes, I just can't explain your love. 'Cos you are love all by yourself. Your love is unconditional. It doesn't love today And hate tomorrow. Your love doesn't play games with people's emotions. Your love is not based on the good I did Or the bad I didn't do. We can't explain...
by Ovid (Original piece is in Latin) Translation by Victoria Punch early morning. down to the shore again to find a place to grieve. the place he left lingering. here the ropes were loosed [here he gave me kisses on the shore, here he left] she said and while she thought...
by Estevam Coelho (written in Galician-Portuguese) Translated by Richard Zenith If my friend only knew, today he’d go too: I’m off to the river to bathe, by the sea. If he only knew where, he’d go with me there: I’m off to the river to bathe, by the sea. My cape’s on my shoulders; if only...
by Jackie Wang Except from The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us From the Void (Nightboat Books, 2021). Who is the girl forced to kneel on dried chickpeas to atone for the sin of being alive? In the dream blindfold and bandage are one. My hands go numb...
Author: Unknown Accept me, Ra, before you go, before I go, I pray?...
by Jackie Wang Except from The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us From the Void (Nightboat Books, 2021). In the rain, in her head, an elegy for the not-quite-dead. Some peonies placed beside her body, supine beneath the canopy of forgotten dreams. She woke in such a state,...
by Jackie Wang Except from The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us From the Void (Nightboat Books, 2021). All I remember is the coppiced terrain I crossed to find a house to rest in. Who is the woman lurking in the woods? A fellow traveler. I'm...
by Finayon The land was green The flowers in their beauty. These sights I had seen. The green grass. The zebras The giraffes The elephants The ants Onions, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, Parots, Lions, scorpions, vegetables and fruits, all in their glories. It is not just a story. They were all here once. But now, some disease has eaten them...