Cloud Moving Hands
Cloud Moving Hands
Cathy Song
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2007
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh
Pages: 104
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wrdnh
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Cloud Moving Hands
Book Description:

These poems, threaded by the teachings of Buddha, examine loss—the death of a loved one, the longing for a child, the yearning for another place and time—and the suffering such attempts transpire, but ultimately the poems are an affirmation that to be born into human life is our greatest opportunity to transform loss and sorrow into awakening joy.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-9121-2
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[viii])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [ix]-[x])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.2
  3. Lady Mappo Enters the City of Samsara
    • Lady Mappo Enters the City of Samsara
      Lady Mappo Enters the City of Samsara (pp. 3-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.3
    • Someone Elseʹs Shoes
      Someone Elseʹs Shoes (pp. 8-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.4
    • One Who Hears
      One Who Hears (pp. 11-12)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.5
    • My Mother Stares at the Picture
      My Mother Stares at the Picture (pp. 13-14)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.6
    • Something to Cheer About
      Something to Cheer About (pp. 15-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.7
    • The Day Comes as I Knew
      The Day Comes as I Knew (pp. 17-17)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.8
    • The Land of Good Intentions
      The Land of Good Intentions (pp. 18-19)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.9
    • Waiting for Jizo
      Waiting for Jizo (pp. 20-22)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.10
  4. The Burning House
    • The Burning House
      The Burning House (pp. 25-26)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.11
    • Long Before I Enter the Gate
      Long Before I Enter the Gate (pp. 27-27)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.12
    • Near the End, the Man
      Near the End, the Man (pp. 28-30)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.13
    • The Man Moves Earth
      The Man Moves Earth (pp. 31-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.14
    • The Day Has Come When My Mother
      The Day Has Come When My Mother (pp. 33-33)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.15
    • My Beautiful Daughter Calls to Tell Me Itʹs Snowing
      My Beautiful Daughter Calls to Tell Me Itʹs Snowing (pp. 34-36)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.16
    • Sleek-finned and Black, Hooded
      Sleek-finned and Black, Hooded (pp. 37-38)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.17
    • My Motherʹs Last Gift
      My Motherʹs Last Gift (pp. 39-41)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.18
    • The Adoration of the Faithful
      The Adoration of the Faithful (pp. 42-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.19
  5. The Temple of Our Dilemma
    • The Temple of Our Dilemma
      The Temple of Our Dilemma (pp. 47-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.20
    • A Woman Lies Facedown in the Sand
      A Woman Lies Facedown in the Sand (pp. 49-51)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.21
    • When They Removed Your Breasts
      When They Removed Your Breasts (pp. 52-55)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.22
    • The Chance to Become True and Real
      The Chance to Become True and Real (pp. 56-57)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.23
    • The Souls We Carry Hunger for Our Light
      The Souls We Carry Hunger for Our Light (pp. 58-59)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.24
    • The Kindness of Others
      The Kindness of Others (pp. 60-61)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.25
    • I Hated the Hairy Ones
      I Hated the Hairy Ones (pp. 62-63)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.26
    • Breaking Karma
      Breaking Karma (pp. 64-66)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.27
  6. The Body Remembers Itself in Wholeness
    • The Body Remembers Itself in Wholeness
      The Body Remembers Itself in Wholeness (pp. 69-70)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.28
    • Out of a Dream of Blue Water
      Out of a Dream of Blue Water (pp. 71-72)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.29
    • The Beautiful Beasts Are Returning
      The Beautiful Beasts Are Returning (pp. 73-74)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.30
    • They Dwell in the Blue Abiding Light
      They Dwell in the Blue Abiding Light (pp. 75-76)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.31
    • A Prayer for My Mother
      A Prayer for My Mother (pp. 77-79)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.32
    • Cloud Moving Hands
      Cloud Moving Hands (pp. 80-82)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.33
    • The Old Old Concubine
      The Old Old Concubine (pp. 83-88)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.34
  7. NOTES
    NOTES (pp. 89-90)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.35
  8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. 91-92)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.36