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Sutra of the Robin

30 June, 2009 от · 31 comments

George Fillingham Photo: Sister72             “ . . . y en un abrir los ojos nos morimos.”*             Octavio Paz I have raised robins, many thought abandoned. Many were. I have raised them from what looked to be A bundle of pin feathers and quills with bright wide beaks, Or some naked but for hinted wings, bulged […]

Taming

31 March, 2009 от · 2 comments

Aksinia Mihailova Photo: NatureFreak07 My left hand over a piece of paper; if you erased my thumb and my little finger and replaced them with verse, my hand mutilated and bony seen from the above would resemble a step of a bird chained to the piece of paper with tiny inky bracelets. Like that exotic […]

Elada Pignyo and the Time

22 October, 2008 от · No comments

Kerana Angelova Photo: mysza831 Introduction She was laden with years like an old quince tree. Though the fruit had already been picked, the tree in its mind continued to carry its load and lacked the strength to straighten its branches. It’s time, old woman Pignyo said to herself. Once, in the evening, something had cheeped […]

Peoplewatching

14 September, 2008 от · 7 comments

Katerina Stoykova-Klemer Photo: *PaysImaginaire* Why did this big Black bird With a red beak Have her feathery chest Pressed on the glass Of the fourth floor As though She were showing off a medal?