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Happy Birthday, Donald Justice! | Poems Rethabile Likes 🎂 Happy Birthday, Donald Justice! Poet · Teacher · Musician · born 12 August 1925 Today we celebrate the 101st birthday of Donald Justice — one of the finest American poets of the twentieth century. Here is his exquisite sonnet, “The Wall,” a meditation on Eden, innocence, and the fall. The poem moves with the quiet precision that characterizes Justice's best work — a world where angels are "as common / As birds or butterflies," where the lion sharpens his claw in a dream, and where the gate stands open as the giant wings unfurl. Justice was born on this day in 1925 in Miami, Florida. A pianist and painter who chose words, he excelled at both traditional and experimental forms, finding particular delight in the sestina. He taugh...

In Detention by Chris Van Wyk | Poems Rethabile Likes In Detention by Chris Van Wyk He fell from the ninth floor He hanged himself He slipped on a piece of soap while washing He hanged himself He slipped on a piece of soap while washing He fell from the ninth floor He hanged himself while washing He slipped from the ninth floor He hung from the ninth floor He slipped on the ninth floor while washing He fell from a piece of soap while slipping He hung from the ninth floor He washed from the ninth floor while slipping He hung from a piece of soap while slipping Po...

The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski | Poems Rethabile Likes The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski your life is your life don't let it be clubbed into dank submission. be on the watch. there are ways out. there is a light somewhere. it may not be much light but it beats the darkness. be on the watch. the gods will offer you chances. know them. take them. you can't beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. and the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. your life is your life. know it while you have it. you are marvelous ...

Happy Birthday M. A. Nuhman | Poems Rethabile Likes 🎂 Happy Birthday, M. A. Nuhman! Poet · Scholar · Linguist · born 10 August 1944 Today we celebrate the birthday of M. A. Nuhman — Sri Lankan Tamil poet, linguist, and academic. Here is his searing poem, “Murder of Buddha,” written in response to the deliberate burning of the Jaffna Public Library on 1 June 1981 , when over 97,000 books and irreplaceable manuscripts were reduced to ash. I'll repeat that... let it be for good measure: when over 97,000 books and irreplaceable manuscripts were reduced to ash. A massive loss for future generations. Murder of Buddha Last night I had a dream Lord Buddha was shot dead by the police, guardians of the law. His body lay drenched in blood on the step of the Jaffna Library. Under the cover of darkness, cam...