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Constantine Petrou Cavafy
The Cavafy Archive website was created by the Center for Neo-Hellenic Studies and is owned by the Onassis Foundation. It contains all of Cavafy’s major works in the translation of Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard (edited by G.P. Savidis)- Sophie Hannah Official Sophie Hannah Website
Fernando Pessoa
The Fernando Pessoa House has a unique treasure: the private library of this great literary figure. It’s not very often one can find an entire library belonging to a writer with Pessoa’s universal dimension.
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Tag Archives: Grief
TO MOURN
To mourn is to breath afresh Life of ones long lost care: Let it not be self-conscious; Let it not be sentimental; Let the grief speak to us.
Posted in David Scanlon, Poetry
Tagged Family, Friendship, Grief, Leaving, Life, Love, Resilience, Truth
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WHAT DOES IT NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE?
What does it need to make a change And find the words ‘It will never happen again’ Who needs to die to shake up politics, And find the words ‘Get beyond our rhetoric’
Posted in David Scanlon, Poetry
Tagged Change, Conversation, Grief, Politics, Reality, Truth, Wisdom
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WHY?
With your innocence in my teardrops, With your isolation in our shattered dreams, With my vermilion cheeks of horror My morning pain opens. Covered in the colours of a dawn morning Why was this reddened pain brought upon us? Your … Continue reading
Posted in David Scanlon, Poetry
Tagged Beauty, Care, Courage, Grief, Life, Love, Reflection, Truth
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A PROUD MOMENT
कल तक हर ग़म से अन्जानी, हो गयी अपनों से बेगानी। भूल के बचपन की नादानी, मेरी बेटी हो गयी आज सयानी।
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Parul Singhal, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Continuity, Family, Grief, Leaving, Life, Love, Reality, Thinking
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