“Sigiriya Rock Temple” by Abigail Wender (Poetry ’08)
Poetry alum Abigail Wender’s poem, “Sigiriya Rock Temple” was featured in SWWIM.
Read an excerpt below.
Sigiriya Rock Temple
I. Last Monologue of King Kashyapa in Which He Praises His Finest Work, 5C
“My city is guarded by five hundred goddesses,
each one is a jewel dug from clay.
No one sees the goddesses without desire.
A man may be lost forever
dreaming of their pale red mouths and blue shadows.
I have built a city near to heaven.
My enemy will never understand.
Read the rest of the poem here: Sigiriya Rock Temple.
