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Stumbleupon Review of : http://thegreenleaf.co.uk/HP/Ikkyu/13ikkyulogical.htm

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.anps.co.uk/brian/index.html – Ursula K – She keeps kingfishers in their cages And goldfish in their bowls She is lovely and is afraid Of such things as growing cold. She’s had enough men to please her Though … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.kamilyajubran.com/audio_lyrics_solo_safar.htm Safar I walk in the clouds. My horizon tinted dew. Mirages are the myths, My life has passed in vain Looking for the true. If a friend would ask me back To the land of … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/images/Sisyphus.jpg

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.meaningless.com/ Life Is Like a Package Life is like a package that arrives in the mail: a present for your sister. Unable to open it, you squeeze it, massage its shape with your fingers. At first … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/woman/ei_poetry_cofer.html The Other A sloe-eyed dark woman shadows me. In the morning she sings Spanish love songs in a high falsetto, filling my shower stall with echoes. She is by my side in front of the … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.unesco.org/poetry/bienvenue.php?initia=english Merry Poetry Day!

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/710.html Vergissmeinnicht “forget me not” Three weeks gone and the combatants gone returning over the nightmare ground we found the place again, and found the soldier sprawling in the sun. The frowning barrel of his gun … Continue reading →

Stumbleupon Review of : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_poem (the poems below come from the collection here, most of which are from the book Japanese Death Poems compiled by Yoel Hoffmann)