Venice masks

Thursday, 20 January 2022

How the granite is covered in ice - Boris Ryzhy

How the granite is covered in ice,
and a frost lies on the ground –
This town, frosted with memories,
I want to leave it for ever.

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Outside the curtains the rain is murmering - Li Yu

Outside the curtains the rain is murmering,
And spring is waning,
Silk bedding cannot resist the fifth watch cold.

Tuesday, 18 January 2022

Quiet - Petar Tchouhov

Our mothers are missing –
went out to buy
something delicious
and haven’t come back

Monday, 17 January 2022

Peasant Love Songs - George Cosbuc

I.
  He
In the garden of my sweetheart
Sing two birds beautifully,
And the sun proudly shines,
And my darling sits and dreams.

Sunday, 16 January 2022

One Alone - Amir Hamzah

Formed in your heart, this was your will:
Rain in cataracts, hurricanes unleashed,
All foundering, engulfed—
Your luxuriant garden now a mere ruin.

Saturday, 15 January 2022

The Water Mirror - Vicente Huidobro

My mirror, a current in the nights,
Becomes a brook and leaves my room.

Friday, 14 January 2022

Rain Rain Go Away - Farhan Ejat

Rain rain go away
Come again another day
Come in June or come in May
But please don’t come, not today

Thursday, 13 January 2022

I Write with Words That Have Shadow but Don’t Shelter - Guillermo Sucre

I write with words that have shadow but don’t shelter
no sooner do I start this page insomnia burns it

Wednesday, 12 January 2022

Cannibal - Léon Laleau

This savage wish on certain days
To mingle blows and blood
With love's motions,

Tuesday, 11 January 2022

A Riddle - Tedi López Mills

Now they kill them:
see the corpse
bloated in the ditch.
Now they banish them from the city:
see them running towards the tollbooth