Cloud Moving Hands

Cathy Song

Publication Year: 2007

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.

Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press

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E-ISBN-13: 9780822991212
E-ISBN-10: 0822991217
Print-ISBN-13: 9780822960003
Print-ISBN-10: 0822960001

Page Count: 104
Publication Year: 2007

Series Title: Pitt Poetry Series
Series Editor Byline: Ed Ochester

Cloud Moving Hands

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

Contents

Lady Mappo Enters the City of Samsara

Lady Mappo Enters the City of Samsara

Someone Else’s Shoes

One Who Hears

My Mother Stares at the Picture

Something to Cheer About

The Day Comes as I Knew

The Land of Good Intentions

Waiting for Jizo

The Burning House

The Burning House

Long Before I Enter the Gate

Near the End, the Man

The Man Moves Earth

The Day Has Come When My Mother

My Beautiful Daughter Calls to Tell Me It’s Snowing

Sleek-finned and Black, Hooded

My Mother’s Last Gift

The Adoration of the Faithful

The Temple of Our Dilemma

The Temple of Our Dilemma

A Woman Lies Facedown in the Sand

When They Removed Your Breasts

The Chance to Become True and Real

The Souls We Carry Hunger for Our Light

The Kindness of Others

I Hated the Hairy Ones

Breaking Karma

The Body Remembers Itself in Wholeness

The Body Remembers Itself in Wholeness

Out of a Dream of Blue Water

The Beautiful Beasts Are Returning

They Dwell in the Blue Abiding Light

A Prayer for My Mother

Cloud Moving Hands

The Old Old Concubine

Notes

Acknowledgments

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