Venice masks

Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Clarification to My Poetry-Readers - Nizar Qabbani

And of me say the fools:
I entered the lodges of women
And never left.
And they call for my hanging,
Because about the matters of my beloved
I, poetry, compose.

Tuesday, 19 January 2016

A Ballad That We Do Not Perish - Zbigniew Herbert

Those who sailed at dawn
but will never return
left their trace on a wave—

Monday, 18 January 2016

Sunday, 17 January 2016

Saturday, 16 January 2016

Friday, 15 January 2016

The Water Butt - Solveig von Schoultz

The water butt by the corner
has an eye that I love.

Thursday, 14 January 2016

Sun is in the East! - Leng Mei

Sun is in the East!
This lovely man
Is in my house,

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Breakfast - Jacques Prévert

He poured the coffee
Into the cup
He put the milk
Into the cup of coffee
He put the sugar
Into the coffee with milk
With a small spoon

Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Eight Line Poem - David Bowie

The tactful cactus by your window
Surveys the prairie of your room

Monday, 11 January 2016

Song of the Full Catch - Constance Lindsay Skinner

Here's good wind, here's sweet wind,
Here's good wind and my woman calls me!