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Beggarly Heart 0

When grace is lost from life,
come with a burst of song.

Categories: Poetry

Tagged: Bengali, conversational, mystic, Rabindranath Tagore, religion, translation

Published:: July 19, 2012 – 08:00
Author:: By Madhu

Body, Remember… 0

Body, remember not only how much you were loved,
not only the beds on which you lay,
but also those desires for you

Categories: Poetry

Tagged: C.P. Cavafy, desire, Edmund Keeley, Greek, love poetry, memory, Philip Sherrard, translation

Published:: July 11, 2012 – 08:00
Author:: By Madhu

A Dog Has Died 1

Yes, I believe in a heaven for all dogdom
where my dog waits for my arrival waving his fan-like
tail in friendship.

Categories: Poetry

Tagged: Alfred Yankauer, animals, loss, nature, Pablo Neruda, Spanish, translation

Published:: July 7, 2012 – 08:00
Author:: By Madhu