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- Cloud Moving Hands
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pitt Poetry Series
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. i-viii
- Lady Mappo Enters the City of Samsara
- Someone Else’s Shoes
- pp. 8-10
- One Who Hears
- pp. 11-12
- My Mother Stares at the Picture
- pp. 13-14
- Something to Cheer About
- pp. 15-16
- The Land of Good Intentions
- pp. 18-19
- Waiting for Jizo
- pp. 20-22
- The Burning House
- The Burning House
- pp. 25-26
- Near the End, the Man
- pp. 28-30
- The Man Moves Earth
- pp. 31-32
- Sleek-finned and Black, Hooded
- pp. 37-38
- My Mother’s Last Gift
- pp. 39-41
- The Adoration of the Faithful
- pp. 42-44
- The Temple of Our Dilemma
- The Temple of Our Dilemma
- pp. 47-48
- A Woman Lies Facedown in the Sand
- pp. 49-51
- When They Removed Your Breasts
- pp. 52-55
- The Chance to Become True and Real
- pp. 56-57
- The Kindness of Others
- pp. 60-61
- I Hated the Hairy Ones
- pp. 62-63
- Breaking Karma
- pp. 64-66
- The Body Remembers Itself in Wholeness
- Out of a Dream of Blue Water
- pp. 71-72
- The Beautiful Beasts Are Returning
- pp. 73-74
- They Dwell in the Blue Abiding Light
- pp. 75-76
- A Prayer for My Mother
- pp. 77-79
- Cloud Moving Hands
- pp. 80-82
- The Old Old Concubine
- pp. 83-88
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 91-92
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822991212
Related ISBN(s)
9780822960003
MARC Record
OCLC
608475362
Pages
102
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No