Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, featured in the film MANA: Beyond Belief, is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in Burma. Tradition claims that the boulder was placed on the cliff 2500 years ago by Burmese spirits. A gilded boulder sits on top and is believed to contain a hair of the Buddha. ______ This is a Wonderful Poem Come […]
David Wagoner
Take Me to the River
Salmon Boy That boy was hungry. His mother gave him Dog Salmon, Only the head. It was enough, And he carried it hungry to the river’s mouth And fell down hungry. Saltwater came from his eyes, And he turned over and over. He turned into it. And that boy was swimming under the water With […]
Sailing Toward Morning
Taking Our Bearings To find out where we are, we gaze at the sunset, Then the moon and stars. We bring their images down to touch the sea, And there we are: there, At a certain time where straight lines intersect On a chart––that’s you and I In all this emptiness, the only two In […]