The GrottoFanny HoweLet's make believe we're lying together on our backs. The lumps（肿块） in the floor are dirt and grass and the blackbirds（画眉）...
En Route to Bangladesh, Another Crisis of FaithTarfia FaizullahWe pass over heavy shadows of large clouds pinned to traincarslined up like unused bloc...
Tonight I can write the saddest lines.Write, for example, 'the night is starry（星光照耀的）and the stars are blue and shiver in the distance'.The ni...
The ChallengeLet others lead small lives, but not you.Let others worry about small problems, but not you.Let others argue over small things, but not y...
DaylightGod is proven in some way by the extreme difficulty of believing in him... —SIMONE WEIL July already, and the land is soon to burn, the ...
LemonDanielle Cadena DeulenThey loved each other, but a lemon tree grew between them—no solace（安慰，慰藉） in the way it leaned, as if to whisper fro...
Splitting IceKay RyanLike standingon splitting（极快的，爆裂似的） iceone foot on oneone on theother piece.Distressed（痛苦的） likethe family of manat the divorceof...
In Every LifeAlicia OstrikerIn every life there’s a moment or twowhen the self disappears, the cruel woundtakes over, and then againat times we ...
SongAlicia OstrikerSome claim the origin of songwas a war cry（政治口号） some say it was a rhymetelling the farmers when to plant and reapdon’t they ...
AprilAlicia OstrikerThe optimists among ustaking heart（振作，鼓起勇气） because it is springskip alongattending their meetingssigning their e-mail petitions（请...