Literature
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Poetic Traces Along Shan Creek
No trace remains of cave cranes or pool-dwelling dragons, Yet the clear green waters still echo the gibbons’ cries. Turning…
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Liuyang River – Poetry from China
It has never flowed. It lies quiet and undisturbed Within dikes striped with loess and green grass, Like a sleeping…
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Poem: We Did Not Raise a Gun
We did not raise a gun. We merely lifted A single word Justice. Nisar Banbhan Hailing from Village Mir Muhammad…
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THE TALES OF TAXI DRIVERS
Stories of Karachi’s Taxi Drivers from 1993 to 2000 Zaffar Junejo [Author’s Note: I joined a non-government organization in mid-1993.…
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Flying beyond the Horizon
To wish to fly is to wish to become free. To become free is to become fully human. By Hakeem…
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Wild Chrysanthemums – Chinese Poetry
I wander, and by chance Come upon them Golden light swaying at the cliff’s edge… Zhuang Xiaoming Zhuang Xiaoming, art…
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Weather Shines In The Rain
Slides over the bodies reflected in the glass, Shipwrecked in the bottom of a coffee, Where the sun goes out.…
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Immortal Part of Human History
Before I am reduced to just a character in some mythical folklore, Make me an immortal—an eternal part of human…
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The Wild Steed – Poetry from China
He who has never ridden a wild steed Has never ridden Any horse at all… Gu Bei Gu Bei, was…
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Days Wander Aimlessly Without You
You are not here… The days, With a few broken coins of time Jingling in their pockets, Keep wandering Through…
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