Venice masks

Saturday 18 May 2024

Images - Juan Sánchez Peláez

I

You, who likewise
in the cup of your verb
overflow the liquid.

Friday 17 May 2024

Water Buffalo Cobra and the Prisoner of War - U Sam Oeur

Work, work—hacking at trees, uprooting them, clearing bushes,
transplanting rice, no time to rest.
At noon, alone, as I cleared the canebrake,
a beautiful black cobra
opened his hood before me, displaying his power.

Thursday 16 May 2024

Apple - Grace Chia


                                  A
                                         P
          It's                        p               not
   that Adam didn't      l        know what he was
 in for when he took    e   a bite of it; he wanted

Wednesday 15 May 2024

Another kind of Mathematics - Nichita Stãnescu

We know that one times one is one,
but an unicorn times a pear
have no idea what it is.

Tuesday 14 May 2024

I am bold - Benina Nicolina Rangvanu

To wear makeup
or not to wear makeup?
To wake up
and put those strong chemicals in my hair
to have that sun silk asian hair.

Monday 13 May 2024

This house we live has now become our home - Dennis Sobers


This house we live has now become our home
Despite the roof that leaks and walls tattered and is torn
Looking in the past at what this mansion once was
How has it come to be this way, what is the cause

Saturday 11 May 2024

My Love - Ryna.S

A suitable life partner is what all women hope and pursue
And a fairy tale handsome prince is usually how it starts
A tall, loving, suave and romantic prince charming
Is what we dream of..

Thursday 9 May 2024

Wednesday 8 May 2024

Prelude - John Millington Synge

Still south I went and west and south again,
Through Wicklow from the morning till the night,
And far from cities, and the sights of men,
Lived with the sunshine, and the moon's delight.

Monday 6 May 2024

Poetry - Freedom T.V. Nyamubaya

One person said,
you are not a poet,
but forgot that,
poetry is an art and –
Art is meaningful rhythm.

Sunday 5 May 2024

No use fretting over gold, beauty or fame - Loy Ching-Yuen

No use fretting over gold, beauty or fame;
Nurturing these, how can we calm
Our fluttering heart?

Saturday 4 May 2024

The Poor - Roberto Sosa

The poor are many
and so—
impossible to forget.
 

Friday 3 May 2024

I Don’t Have Time - Souad Massi

I have been told that life is beautiful
But me, I find it cruel sometimes
The dark smoke has taken the place of the sky

Thursday 2 May 2024

Bearslayer: Canto II - Bearslayer begins his life as a hero: The first heroic deed (Scene 1) - Andrejs Pumpurs

The slaying of the bear
Since ancient times, in fruitful Baltic lands,
Where flows the Daugava in its winding bed,
And in the fields the barley ripening stands,
A life of joy the Latvians all have led.-
Upon the bank once stood by Kegums town,
Of Lielvarde's Lord the famous halls.
There yet today a cataract pours down,
And through the cliffs into the river falls.

Wednesday 1 May 2024

To Amoret. The sigh - Henry Vaughan

Nimble sigh, on thy warm wings,
    Take this message and depart ;
Tell Amoret, that smiles and sings,
At what thy airy voyage brings,
    That thou cam'st lately from my heart.