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Poetry Bernedette Muthien Ova - The poetry collection of Bernedette Muthien (2012) is available for sale from Engender or at selected bookstores for R160. beirut challenged conception conform copywriting corridor moment divine kiss egghead epiphany I fractal fragile (click here for german translation, italian translation) gendercide grief inspired intersections karaoke meditation (click here for italian translation) necessary grief no title (1) no title (2) once in afrika picture perfect planetary piss? progress sacred (click here for italian translation) satisfied? sistahood so the spring of my content transform working my way thru Kahlil Gibran On love Anonymous Hymn to Isis Old Celtic Verse Reinaldo Arenas My Lover the Sea Franklin Abbott Another Covenant Sir Cecil Beaton no title Wendell Berry no title Heide Gottner-Abendroth Thou Gaia Art I Hafiz no title John of the Cross no title Li-Young Lee One Heart Audre Lorde Stations Romeo Maasdorp Sorry, African child Dawna Markova No Title Bella Matambanadzo The Remains Kishwar Naheed We Sinful Women Punish Me Roshila Nair Various Poems by Roshila Mary Oliver Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond Wild Geese Oriah Mountain Dreamer Invitation Shailja Patel Drum Rider: A Tribute to Bi Kidude Offering Screaming Pretenders Hymn to Her Rumi Blessing at the Start of Book IV no title Only Breath you worry too much Tao Te no title (1) no title (2) Sojourner Truth Ain't I a Woman Alice Walker Once Marianne Williamson Return to love		Follow us: Ramakrishna explained [Kali's] darkness as the result of distance. When we are far away from an object, it appears dark to us. "Go near and you will find her devoid of all color," he said. "The water of a lake appears black from a distance. Go near and take the water in your hand, and you will see it has no color at all. Similarly, the sky looks blue from a distance. But look at the atmosphere near you; it has no color. China Galland recalls an ancient Indian story, which serves to illustrate that something only looks alien when it is not examined closely enough. There are five facts which ought to be often contemplated by everyone – whether man or woman, householder or one gone forth as a monastic. What five? “I am sure to become old; I cannot avoid ageing.” “I am sure to become ill; I cannot avoid illness.” “I am sure to die; I cannot avoid death.” “I must be separated and parted from all that is dear and beloved to me.” “I am the owner of my actions, heir of my actions, actions are the womb from which I have sprung, actions are my relations, actions are my protection. Whatever actions I do, good or bad, of these I shall become the heir.” v The Buddha v AN V: 57 Based on the translation in Nyanaponika Thera & Bhikkhu Bodhi (trans & ed), 2000. Numerical discourses of the Buddha. New Delhi: Vistaar Publications. Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. Kahlil Gibran If it were between countries, we'd call it a war. If it were a disease, we'd call it an epidemic. If it were an oil spill, we'd call it a disaster, but its happening to thousands of australian women - and its just a domestic...' listserv posting by "ada_indy"
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