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Tag Archives: Life
SONG OF THE STILL GARDENER
What you didn’t suspect was she lives trembling in the air. In a treasury of the day which you scarcely touch. Moments come and go laden with no one to look at them.
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Federico García Lorca, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Dream, Life, Muse, Poetry, Poets, Seeing, Truth
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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XXI
If I could caress in my mouth the whole world And feel-her full bodied taste, And if the earth was a thing to bite upon Would I be happier for that brief moment… But I don’t always want to be … Continue reading
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Fernando Pessoa, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Feeling, Happiness, Life, Resilience, Thinking
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I KNOW THE TRUTH
I Know The Truth! All previous truths – depart! We don’t have to with others be fight seekers. Behold: see night: soon the darkness will start. What do you say – poets, lovers, and leaders?
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Marina Tsvetaeva, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Life, Love, Poetry, Poets, Resilience, Truth
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SONNETS OF ETERNAL HOPE – III
Oh please let the love I hold for you last And survive all those times I live in fast; In starvation’s hope for a fresh new way Let me hold on, linger and with you stay.
THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XXVI
If I do interrogate when I am astonishedNo new fresh flowers are born in the meadowsNor does it change anything in the sun so that it becomes more beautiful…(Even if fresh flowers were born in the meadowAnd the sun changed … Continue reading
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Fernando Pessoa, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Beauty, Life, Nature, Seeing
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