First Things First | W. H. Auden, 1956
Space Water RayGun Toy, Palmer Plastic, 1956 . Woken, I lay in the arms of my own warmth and listened...
Poems
Exile | Ferreira Gullar, 1930-2016
Anna Kövecses, Ipanema . In a house in Ipanema surrounded by trees and birds in the hot shade of afternoon...
Lady moon | Lord Houghton, 1871
Lady Moon by Lord Houghton, Child Life: A Collection of Poems, 1871 . Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving?...
Sonnet 58 | A poem by Shuntaro Tanikawa, 1953
Herbert List, Park of the Palazzo Orsini, Bomarzo, near Rome, Italy, 1952 . It’s distance that makes mountains mountains. Looked...
The Wide Ocean | A poem by Pablo Neruda, 1904-1973
Fred Stein, Orchard Beach , New York, 1946 . Ocean, if you were to give, a measure, a ferment, a fruit...
Break, Break, Break | A poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1835
Roy Lichtenstein, Sea Shore, 1964 . Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that...
The Love Poems of Marichiko | Kenneth Rexroth, 1978
Édouard Boubat, A Gentle Eye, 1970 . I I sit at my desk. What can I write to you? Sick...
Various Portents | Alice Oswald, 2005
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) Untitled, 1969 . Various stars. Various kings. Various sunsets, signs, cursory insights. Many minute attentions, many knowledgeable...
The World Is As It Appears | Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
Miguel Hernández - Josefina Marhuenda . The world is as it appears before my five senses, and before yours, which...
The Rug / Night Words: The Ravishing | Michael McClure, 1955-2020
Nat Farbman - Poet Michael McClure, California, 1957 . I ' d draw all this into a fine element ,...