CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Mourning Song
A poem by Lekey Leidecker
Parting words
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
The Miraculous Functioning of the ‘I’
A poem by Kusan Suryeon
Sanctuary
Two poems from The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón
Polish the stone or the mind
A poem from Sarah Ruhl's Love Poems in Quarantine
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Taking a Morning Walk Alone to the Pond North of the Yuhsi After It Rained
“a pristine pond encircled by trees / last night’s rain scattered by the wind”
journey to emptiness
"his Buddhist robe / is drier than a yellow leaf"
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Parting Words
"When the world / Disappears under your feet / Are you falling or / Flying?"
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Wang Wei
"At my window / the rain raves, raves about dying"
Parting Words
An excerpt from the novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
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