Vermeer – Tomas Tranströmer (from the Swedish, translated by Robert Bly)
https://wordsfortheyear.com/2015/10/29/vermeer-by-tomas-transtromer/
Images of Salmon and You – Gloria Bird
https://sambellamy.substack.com/p/images-of-salmon-and-you
Love After Love – Derek Walcott
https://theuncarvedblog.com/2014/06/22/love-after-love-by-derek-walcott-resonates-deeply-when-you-first-acknowledge-yourself/
Bluebird – Charles Bukowski
http://www.phys.unm.edu/~tw/fas/yits/archive/bukowski_thebluebird.html
Rumi Quote: “Only from the heart can you touch the sky.”
I Love With the Compassion of a Thousand Ancients” – Lori Santo
(This was not available online. Lori Santo’s website is https://www.lorisanto.com)
Polish Into Gold – Mirabai (translated by Robert Bly)
https://www.facebook.com/SufiMysticalPoetry/posts/polish-into-goldi-gave-my-heart-without-fear-to-the-belovedas-the-polish-goes-in/2444166699246297/?locale=zh_CN
https://www.wisdomportal.com/PoetryAnthology2/Mirabai-Anthology.html
(This site has a number of Mirabai’s poems. “Polish Into Gold,” is the third poem from the end.)
Helping – Leah Naomi Green (from her book, The More Extravagant Feast)
This poem is available via Google Books at this link (click here).
Caged Bird – Maya Angelou
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48989/caged-bird
Things I Didn’t Know I Loved – Nâzim Hikmet
https://intrinsicheart.com/things-i-didnt-know-i-loved/
Quote from Bob Dylan: “They will tear your mind away from contemplation.”
(from the song, “Ain’t Talkin’”)
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