Category Archives: Poems

DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THJAT GOOD NIGHT

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at [...]

rain beyond the hunger

dry dirt, empty bellies make simple mulch of aspiration: rain for thirsty soil for hungry [...]

THE BONES OF THE POEM

Beyond what I can see I feel the fire wrathful eating heart and soul old [...]

Festival of Colors!

It is the happiness, That sprouts in the color of pink, It is the cheerfulness, [...]

THE COST

I cannot face the seasons of my growing that swam like silver fish beyond the [...]

Nature Aria

by Yi Lei translated by Tracy K. Smith and Changtai Bi Autumn wind chases in [...]

UKRAINE

bombs drop like rain in thunderstorms buildings crushed like stones beneath a hammer lives shattered [...]

What Kind of Times Are These

By Adrienne Rich There’s a place between two stands of trees where the grass grows [...]

THE LOVE OF A DOG

To my grand dogs There is something in those eyes a light that shines from [...]

A SEARCH IN MARCH

A call in March, By the honoring blooms, A time to vanish wrath, A time [...]