Happy name; I you, my brethren, who, not ever doomed to roam.
In the Eternal Father's mansion from the first have dwelt at home.
A Collection of Poems
A diverse collection of poems I like.
Sunday, 18 May 2025
Saturday, 17 May 2025
Apetites - Elena Alexieva
I will look incresingly like something eaten
I will be somebody's spoon of honey
unless I turn into another thing
I will be somebody's spoon of honey
unless I turn into another thing
Friday, 16 May 2025
The lost mate - Arabel Moulton-Barrett
Two singing birds have come flying across the sea;
but only one has reached land. He mourns his mate:
Mate of my heart,
Tho' I call out to thee,
Silent thou art.
Thursday, 15 May 2025
Requiem to the Yard - Vizma Belševica
An elk-torn apple tree cross.
Some rotten eaves and posts.
Underneath lies my childhood
Along with a clearing’s bright sun,
With a shepherdess’ barefoot steps
There, under the ruins of a shed.
Some rotten eaves and posts.
Underneath lies my childhood
Along with a clearing’s bright sun,
With a shepherdess’ barefoot steps
There, under the ruins of a shed.
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
May Day - Bernard Patrick O'Dowd
A straggling, tame procession, perhaps,
A butt for burgess scorn;
Its flags are ragged sentiments,
And its music's still unborn.
A butt for burgess scorn;
Its flags are ragged sentiments,
And its music's still unborn.
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
Made to punish men - Akiko Yosano
Made to punish men for their sins
The smoothest skin
The longest black hair…
The smoothest skin
The longest black hair…
Monday, 12 May 2025
Robenson - Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
Robinson, my clever Robinson
you don't know how I envy you.
If you could only show me your island,
there I would find peace of mind.
you don't know how I envy you.
If you could only show me your island,
there I would find peace of mind.
Sunday, 11 May 2025
Antonio machado - Roberto Armijo
I saw
a sprig of violets
they sprouted tears
a sprig of violets
they sprouted tears
Saturday, 10 May 2025
Kids Play Outside and I Write Kaiju Dreams - Tawanda Mulalu
Neon Genesis Evangelion usually posits three best girls, Rei, Asuka, and
Misato (who isn’t a girl because she drinks a cold beer after a hot shower
Misato (who isn’t a girl because she drinks a cold beer after a hot shower
Friday, 9 May 2025
Shadow - Zvisinei C. Sandi
Under the shadow of the jacaranda
She stood – waiting
Down the dark avenue a car was coming
She stood – waiting
Down the dark avenue a car was coming
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