Trees | Joyce Kilmer, 1913 / The Spaniels, 1959
anon . I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth...
Poems
Happiness | A poem by Louise Gluck, 1980
Eugène Delacroix, Unmade Bed , c 1824-28 . A man and a woman lie on a white bed. It is...
Zebra Question | Shel Silverstein, 1981
Shel Silverstein, Zebra Question, 1981 . I asked the zebra Are you black with white stripes? Or white with black stripes?...
The White Cliffs | Dover, Kent, England
A vintage postcard illustration featuring a stylish lady walking along a footpath overlooking the White Cliffs of Dover, 1900. The...
The Tinder Spark | Abul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri, 973 – 1057
'The Tinder Spark', A Collection of Poetry by Abu Al-'Ala Al-Ma'arri (d.1058 AD), Syria, dated 700 AH / 1300 AD...
Cascade | Robert Desnos, 1900-1945
René Magritte, The Kiss, 1938 . What sort of arrow split the sky and this rock? It quivers, spreading like...
Garlands | Excerpts from Illuminations / Arthur Rimbaud, 1886
Dunhuang Star Atlas, the oldest complete star atlas known, dating from 649-684 . "An overcast morning in July. A taste...
Speak, You Too | Paul Celan, 1953
Paul Celan . Speak, you too, speak as the last one, have your say. Speak -- But do not separate...
Always For The First Time | André Breton, 1934
Always for the first time I scarcely know you when I see you You return sometime in the night To...
Moon | A poem by Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)
Donato Creti, Astronomical observations, The moon, 1711 . "My heart cannot embrace the fullness of the world yet I find myself gazing...