A land not mine | A poem by Anna Akhmatova, 1964
A land not mine, still forever memorable, the waters of its ocean chill and fresh. Sand on the bottom whiter...
Poems
Alone at the heart of the earth | Salvatore Quasimodo (1930)
Δημήτρης Παπαδήμος: Salvatore Quasimodo, Ακρόπολη, 1960 “Everyone is alone at the heart of the earth, pierced by a...
The Keeper of Sheep | A poem by Fernando Pessoa (1914)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau,The Shepherdess, 1889 . My gaze is clear like a sunflower. It is my custom to walk the roads...
Recognize yourself / Reconnais-toi | A poem by Guillaume Apollinaire, 1915
Guillaume Apollinaire, calligram, extrait from the poem of February 9th, 1915 Lou (Louise de Coligny-Châtillon) Recognize...
Clown in the Moon | Dylan Thomas, 1928
Dylan Thomas, 1928, after winning the mile race in school. He had this pic in his wallet when he...
For Tess Gallagher | Ray Carver, 1980s
Patricia Larkin Green, Hummingbird For Tess Suppose I say summer, write the word “hummingbird”, put it in an envelope,...
A Drinking Song | A poem by W.B. Yeats, 1910
Divided Heaven, dir. Konrad Wolf, 1964 Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's...
Paris by Night | Photos by Brassaï (1932-1935)
Brassaï , Paris by Night, 1933 Three matches lit one by one in the night The first to see your face in...
Forgetting | Vahan Tekeyan (1940)
Toni Schneiders, Landscape with road in Kärnten, 1957 “Forgetting. Yes. I will forget it all. One after...
I was in the darkness | A poem by Stephen Crane, 1895
anon . I was in the darkness; I could not see my words Nor the wishes of my heart. Then...