On [:] The Metaphysics of Chocolates | Alvaro de Campos, 1928
Sigmar Polke “Eat your chocolates, little girl,Eat your chocolates!Believe me, there’s no metaphysics on earth like chocolates,And all religions put...
Poems
Tomorrow, at dawn | A poem by Victor Hugo, 1847
Auguste de Châtillon, Portrait of Léopoldine Hugo,1836 "At dawn tomorrow, when the plains grow bright,I'll go. You wait for me:...
In the Greenhouse | A poem by Eugenio Montale, 1939
William Degouve de Nuncques, Lemon trees in Majorca, c 1901 The lemon bushes overflowedwith the patter of mole paws,the scythe...
XIX [I will cultivate within] | A poem by e.e. cummings, 1931
Takasawa Keiichi, Evening Snow, c. 1970 i will cultivate withinme scrupulously the Inimitable whichis loneliness, these unique dreamsnever shall soil...
Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam | A poem by Ernest Dowson, 1896
Fred Lyon, Ball game in the fog, 1950 The brief sum of life forbids us the hope of enduring longHorace...
The Laughing Heart | A poem by Charles Bukowski, 1993
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Ode to My Socks | A poem by Pablo Neruda, 1904-73
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Mood | A poem by Petya Dubarova, 1962-79
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Myrto | A poem by Gérard de Nerval, 1808-55
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What Is Pink? | A poem by Christina Rossetti, 1893
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