Wislawa Szymborska, “Love at First Sight”
Love at First Sight (from mission.net) Wislawa Szymborska (tr. Walter Whipple) Both are convinced that a sudden surge of emotion bound them together. Beautiful ...
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Emily Dickinson, “Wild Nights — Wild Nights!” (249)
Wild Nights — Wild Nights! (249) Emily Dickinson Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights should be Our luxury! Futile — the Winds — To a Heart i...
Emily Rosko, “Aubade”
Aubade (from Poetry) Emily Rosko There’s loneliness and there’s this— an unfrequented song, a startling voice across years. A shifting position, hymn from the h...
Robert Creeley, “The Language”
The Language (from Poetry) Robert Creeley Locate I love you some- where in teeth and eyes, bite it but take care not to hurt, you want so much so little. Words ...
Paul Celan, “With a fieldmouse voice”
With a fieldmouse voice (from Guernica) Paul Celan (translation Ian Fairley) With a fieldmouse voice you squeak up, a sharp clamp, you bite through my vest into...