Inside “On Prayer”
“Prayer appeared before me once I reminded myself of my own poetry, which is the most authentic form of prayer I know.”
On Prayer • Curated by Para Vadhahong
Community Anthologies: 2024
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On Prayer • Curated by Para Vadhahong
“A prayer can be a litany of desires; a call to action; an upholding of the self and the beloved; a life-giving elegy.”
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Readthe girl’s bathroom & other poems
“Welcome to the next forty years of womanhood, my aunts echoed. Every decade, an unveiled burden.” -
ReadBangkok, Thailand
“When I told Singapore / I wanted men, my name / discreetly on my chest, / no one gasped.” -
ReadHe Who Brought the Sun
“We all had something to pray for.” -
ReadSaint Agatha of Sicily Died a Virgin
“Agatha refused to fuck a magistrate, so he imprisoned her in a brothel.” -
ReadPchum Ben Nocturne & other poems
“The censer holds nothing but moonlight, / prayers risen songs ago. Now, only laughter holds you.” -
ReadPrayer of Pain and Healing
“I never meant to create these videos. They emerged as I attempted to express myself through art during times of profound suffering.” -
Read“On Prayer” Featured Artist
“What becomes of prayer then when the reasons why we pray bring attention to loss?” -
ReadBeautiful alone, but resplendent together
“Each devotee orients towards the same physical and spiritual point: beautiful alone, resplendent together.” -
ReadWould you protect this Palestinian?
“This project is my prayer for Palestine and her people to be liberated, and for us, her wider communities, to become accomplices in her liberation.”
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“In what ways have video games impacted or changed you? How have they helped you survive our present world and envision new ones?”