Tag Archives: Poets

THE POETS

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Vladimir Nabokov

From room to hallway the candles passing glare is extinguished. She floats on imprinted dances, but in her fullest shape she is no longer there in the starless night of our blue-black branches. It’s time, we must leave – as … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE STILL GARDENER

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Federico García Lorca

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.

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TO A POET A THOUSAND YEARS HENCE

Posted on January 4, 2019 by James Elroy Flecker

I who am dead a thousand years ………And wrote this sweet archaic song, Send you my words for messengers ………The way I shall not pass along.

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I KNOW THE TRUTH

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Marina Tsvetaeva

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?

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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XLVII

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Fernando Pessoa

On a breathtakingly clear day, A day when I had a desire to work hard Yet hearing her was like not working on anything, I saw a glimpse, like a road through the trees, Of what may be her Biggest … Continue reading →

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