A slight pain indicates the presence of the heart

Translation: Khalid Al-Badour Classification: Literature and Poetry Publisher: Kalemat (Dubai) Cover type: Hardcover Publication year: 2023 Number of pages: 116 About the book: Poet Khalid Al-Badour presents in "A Light Pain Announcing the Presence of the Heart" a selection of poems by East Asian poets, ancient and contemporary, united by their high poetic energies that form an extension of their rich poetic heritage, and a reflection of their contemplative practice to reach a state of clarity and union with the universe: There is a house now far away where I once welcomed love. That woman died, The house retreated into silence, snakes slithered between the books, I was young then, when I read, And my blood turned cold as the moon.