Tepidarium | A poem by Jose Maria de Heredia, 1842-1905
Ivan Serpa, Goauche, 1956 O'er their soft limbs has myrrh its fragrance shed;And bathed in warmth beneath December's skiesThey dream,...
Poems
April Rain Song | A poem by Langston Hughes, 1921
Alexander Girard, Rain (Furnishing Fabric), 1953 Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head With silver...
Awed by her splendor | A poem by Sappho, 630 – 570 BC
Albert Bierstadt, Cloud Study, Moonlight, 1860 Stars near the lovelymoon cover their ownbright faceswhen sheis roundest and lightsearth with her...
Alexander Trocchi, Public Junkie, Prie Pour Nous | A poem by Leonard Cohen, 1964
Alexander Trocchi in his apartment in London, c. 1964 Who is purermore simple than you?Priests play poker with the burghers,police...
Letter to Tatyana Yakovleva | Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1928
Tatyana Yakovleva, 1906-1991 In the kiss of hands lips, in body tremors close to me red Colour my republics too should...
Silence | A poem by Lucian Blaga, 1919
Radu Belcin, Alter Ego I, 2015 . Such a deep silence surrounds me, that I think I hear moonbeams striking...
As One Listens To The Rain | A poem by Octavio Paz, 1988
Utagawa Hiroshige, Display Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake, 1957 . Listen to me as one listens to...
The Ocean | A poem by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1825
Joaquin Sorolla, Seascape, 1904 . The Ocean has its silent caves, Deep, quiet, and alone; Though there be fury on...
Images | A poem by Bert Meyers, 1981
Louise Bourgeois, Hands, 2002-2003 State III of VIII . Hands, twin sisters to whom everyone's a wrinkle that needs to...
Rain in Summer | A poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1866
Asano Takeji, Drizzling Rain in Ukimido, 1953 . How Beautiful is the rain! After the dust and heat, In the...