The Future | A poem by Julio Cortázar, 1984
anon And I know full well you won’t be there.You won’t be in the street, in the hum that buzzesfrom...
Poems
Mother, Summer, I | A poem by Philip Larkin, 1953
Philip with his mother Eva in the Duke’s Head Hotel, King’s LynnJuly 1971 (The estate of Philip Larkin) My mother, who...
Don’t Let That Horse | A poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958
Marc Chagall, Equestrienne, 1931 Don’t let that horseeat that violincried Chagall’s mother But hekept right onpainting And became famous And...
Lied (Song) | A poem by George Grosz, 1919
George Grosz, Bourgeois world, 1918 We contain all the passionsand all the vicesand all the suns and stars,chasms and heights,trees,...
Black Stone Lying On A White Stone | A poem by César Vallejo, 1892-1938
César Vallejo, 1892-1938 I will die in Paris, on a rainy day,on some day I can already remember.I will...
The Swamp | A poem by Bertolt Brecht, 1947
Gustav Klimt, The Swamp 1900 I beheld many friends,And the friend I held the most,Helplessly sink into the swampI pass...
You Are Tired (I Think) | A poem by e.e. cummings, 1925
Edward Steichen, Cheruit Gown (Marion Morehouse, Mrs. e.e. cummings), 1927 You are tired,(I think)Of the always puzzle of living and...
Phedre (To Sarah Bernhardt) | A poem by Oscar Wilde, 1881
Sarah Bernhardt photographed by Nadar, 1865 How vain and dull this common world must seemTo such a One as thou,...
Write it on Your Heart | A poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882
Atanasio Soldati, La strada, 1932 Write it on your heartthat every day is the best day in the year.He is...
I Know The Place | A poem by Harold Pinter, 1977
Amy Katherine, Browning Interior I know the place.It is true.Everything we doCorrects the spaceBetween death and meAnd you. Harold Pinter,...