Venice masks

Wednesday, 20 November 2024

You Had Given Your Word - Candan Erçetin

You had given your word to me
To stay here always by my me
We swore all this this didn't we?
That whatever happened, we would be together

Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Last Song of the Exile - Miguel Teurbe Tolón

I.
Hard my path on earth is closed;
Light is dead within my heart.
Star of Hope! thou art gone down;
Clay and spirit now must part!

Monday, 18 November 2024

The Deep Song - Georg Trakl

From deep night I was released.
My soul is astonished in immortality,
My soul listens over space and time
To the melody of eternity!

Sunday, 17 November 2024

Divine creator of the light - Gregory the Great

Divine creator of the light, 
Who, bringing forth the golden ray, 
Didst join the morning with the night 
And call the blessed union day;

Saturday, 16 November 2024

Poem V - Pablo Neruda

For you to hear,
my words
sometimes grow thin
as seagull tracks on the beach.

Thursday, 14 November 2024

I have seen Yiddish words - Moyshe Kulbak

I have seen Yiddish words like small flames, like small flames,
like sparks, risen from dark ore.

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

When poetry opens her doors - Mario Benedetti

When poetry opens her doors
One feels like time embraces us
A gratuitous and novel truth

Tuesday, 12 November 2024

Breakfast - Dan Slobin

Making my breakfast
I look out through the kitchen window:
two deer
peacefully munching at my garden.

Monday, 11 November 2024

A list of questions to measure love - Katrina Dybzynska

I
I know you wash the clothes not by the color
but by the type of fabric. 

Sunday, 10 November 2024

A celebration of peace (for Adam Curle) - Konai Helu Thaman

 today we come together
 to read and sing of peace
 lay aside our differences
 rise and greet the breeze