Saturday, May 21, 2011

a poem shared

(sent from a friend)

When a lover
wrapping a fist in her
thick black braid
forces her with rough kisses --
Ah! savage words
pressed through that indignant
woman's teeth,
may they bring good
fortune
to all who suffer.

Vidya

translated by Andrew Schelling and published (p.47) in The Cane Groves of Narmada River: Erotic Poems from Old India