Barbara Hamby: Ode on Anger, the Dalai Lama, and Elliot’s Red Boots
aren’t we more like pack mules
than gods most days, picking our way
across the desert or up a mountain path with avalanches
and the heaviest loads are our grudges and fears
February 18, 2024 · 15 Comments
Ian Boyden: Spider Field
for the Dalai Lama on his 82nd birthday First leg I awoke to an island held by cloud a meadow held by mist that had returned to admire something it … Continue reading
November 11, 2017 · Leave a comment
Ian Boyden: This Kind of a Starlit Night
On August 25, the Tibetan poet and activist Woeser posted a photograph taken at night. In its star-filled sky, the Milky Way seems like a whisper of ancient light as … Continue reading
November 15, 2016 · Leave a comment
