POETRY

BACK OFTEN AND TAKE ME: Poetry, by Konstantinos Kavafis

BACK OFTEN AND TAKE ME     Return often and take me. Back and get me, or feel loved, if…

9 years ago

WHEN YOU SET OUT FOR ITHACA: Poetry, by Konstantinos Kavafis

WHEN YOU SET OUT FOR ITHACA When you set out for Ithaka, you hope your road is long, full of…

9 years ago

PRAYER: Poetry, by Kathleen Jamie

PRAYER Our baby’s heart, on the sixteen-week scan, was a fluttering bird, held in cupped hands. I thought of St…

9 years ago

AS THE MIST LEAVES NO SCAR: Poetry, by Leonard Cohen

AS THE MIST LEAVES NO SCAR On the dark green hill, So my body leaves no scar On you, nor…

9 years ago

FANTASY: Poetry, by John Keats

FANTASY Leave always wandering imagination, the pleasure is always somewhere else, and it melts, only to touch sweet, like the…

9 years ago

CLOTHING: Poetry of Wislawa Szymborska

CLOTHING You take off, we take off, we remove coats, jackets, waistcoats, blouses of wool, cotton, terylene, skirts, pants, socks,…

9 years ago

THE ORANGE: Poem by Jacques Prévert

THE ORANGE An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and in my bed, sweet present of the…

9 years ago

FIRES BURN: Poetry, by Marichiko

FIRES BURN Fires burn in my heart. Do not smoke rises. Nobody knows. (Marichiko)

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ROCKING HORSE: Poetry, by Tawari Machi

ROCKING HORSE Back and forth without going anywhere raising a child this is like rocking horse time that you gave…

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WHEN YOU WILL BE OLD: Poetry, by William Butler Yeats

WHEN YOU WILL BE OLD When you're old, wavering between fire and waking take this book, read it unhurriedly and…

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