RANGZEN BRACELETS
                   Dalma Ling Nunnery, Dhararamsala

          Her fingers weave freedom
in black and white. Plied by exile, she rescues
          threads from robe and yak.

          Rangzen bracelets teach
what shepherds know of nine-eyed slings
          to keep the wolves away.

Rangzen meands "freeedom" in Tibetan