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Hadaa Sendoo [Mongolia]

  Hunting Scene   Blue mountains, bright moonlight Deer, argali, and bison Living on the snowy plateau And Bactrian camels are born to face the sun   Eagles, wolves, and wild horses Growing endlessly like grass and blossom s And the bow-drawn arrow— an image of hunting Like a shamanic dance, carved into the rock   Wolf Mountain   Black rocks but cold, and silence   Blue night, the moon is the wolf's lover     Turkic Stone Figure   The wind of the wilderness Blows gently   Above the tombstone Crows gaze at something   And beneath the tombstone Souls lie, not just bones   The rain falls Silently Beneath the sun     Author’s Bionote:   *Hadaa Sendoo is an internationally renowned Mongolian poet. Born in 1961, he is recognized as a leading voice in contemporary poetry and has lived in Ulaanbaatar since 1991. He is the founder of the World Poetry Almanac . His works have been translated into dozens of language...