TAXI
I put the small sum of money
I had earned the day before
On the toughened palm
Of a pale-faced taxi driver.
Taxi, take me,
Deliver me
To the silent yesterdays
To the happy yesterdays
On the wings of the butterfly.
I have a letter to the dead ones.
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This is neither the first nor the last
The
Representatives of the five post-Soviet Central Asian republics sign protocols
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Explain how tears are purposeful stars
Shed to replenish the universe
For thousands of years
Of peace.
Stephen A. Rozwenc, an American expat poet who resides in Thailand, shares his poem
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The wind I once knew
Childhood’s breeze I met again
In my hometown
Would come to me gently
Whenever I wandered alone.
Ms. Yoo Dong Ae, a poetess from Korea, the Land of Morning Calm, shares her poem
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Habitat degradation, illegal hunting, and predation are pushing the Great Indian bustard to extinction in Pakistan and India
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Karachi, Sindh,
