Tibetan Poetry

Yesterday we had a reading of Tibetan Poets at the bookstore, read by 4 actors. I wanted to share this one with you.

MADE IN CHINA by Tsoltim N Shakabpa
made in china
by unpaid prisoners
made in china
by starving prisoners
made in china
by brainwashed prisoners
made in china
by tortured prisoners
made in china
by dying prisoners
made in china
from dead prisoners
would you buy anything
made in china?

Don't Bump the Glump

I just had to tell you that Shel Silverstein's first poetry collection has gone back in print (after 3 decades)! It's a gorgeous book with color drawings: Don't Bump the Glump. It's absolutely fabulous. It opens with this:

A WARNING FOR THOSE WHO CHANCE
TO MEET A WILD GLUMP COMING HOME
LATE AT NIGHT, DOWN A DARK STREET,
PAST A GRAVEYARD, ALL ALONE IN A STORM

DON'T BUMP THE GLUMP