Cathy Song
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2007
Published
by: University of Pittsburgh Press
Pages: 104
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wrdnh
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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Front Matter Front Matter (pp. [i]-[viii])https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.1 -
Table of Contents Table of Contents (pp. [ix]-[x])https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.2 -
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
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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
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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
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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
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NOTES NOTES (pp. 89-90)https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.35 -
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. 91-92)https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt6wrdnh.36