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Many shades of the departed are occupied solely in licking the waves of the river of death because it comes from out direction and still has the salty taste of our seas.
Then the river rears up in disgust, flows the opposite way, and washes the dead back into life. They however are happy, sing songs of thanksgiving, and stroke the indignant stream.
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... See moreNow moons decline and rise, Dead metaphors that looked alive. And you about to die Out past the water-clock of tides Naming and renaming your desires. You rode in wind And scarred the cheek Like the edge of an autumn leaf. I put you in your hollow ship With wine and bread to drift The wine-dark sea. You put me In my hollow ship. A memorized part of
... See moreRay Nayler • The Mountain in the Sea
Litani River
Isabella Hammad • The Parisian
‘Of course Karachi Urdu is really pure Delhi Urdu,’ explained a judge, biting a pakora. ‘Now that they have Sanskritized all the dialects in India, this is the last place you can hear it spoken.’
William Dalrymple • City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
Vladimir Nabokov • Laughter in the Dark (Vintage International)
Mary Oliver
Myq Kaplan • 1 card
