My compulsion is
to teach the birds to sing it,
to teach the fish to drink it…
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: Gloria Fuertes, imagery, love poetry, translation
My compulsion is
to teach the birds to sing it,
to teach the fish to drink it…
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: Gloria Fuertes, imagery, love poetry, translation
I saw witchcraft tonight in Vraj.
A wandering gopi came face to face with Shyam.
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: imagery, love poetry, Meerabai, Robert Bly, Shyam, translation
To be like the deer as she runs toward the hunter’s call,
Like the bird that swallows hot coals for love of the moon…
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: imagery, Jane Hirshfield, love poetry, Meerabai, Shyam, translation