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We are extending Poetry Month to fill out the rest of the week, plus we have a couple more wonderful submissions we would like to share with you. Thank you to all who have participated!
Let’s take a lyrical trip to Amdo today...
Jangbu, who is one of Tibet’s leading and most influential modern poets, shares with us an evocative recitation and video of his poem, “The Queen’s Road in Queens,” for our last week of Poetry Month...
We have a special guest for Latse’s Poetry Month today. Internationally-acclaimed director and writer Pema Tseden has recorded a recitation of one of his favorite poems to share with us all...
It’s Friday of our third week honoring Poetry Month. We hope all of you find some time for calm and maybe some extra sleep during the weekend. To get off to a good start, we are pleased to share with you a poetry offering from Dr. Dominique Townsend, professor of Buddhism at Bard College and a specialist in Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhist literature...
Muwa Chödzom is a Lhasa-based poet who regularly shares her poems to popular Tibetan-language social media forums. She sent us a recording with recitation of three of her works.