For the Russian River out the window, from The Pisan Cantos.
from Canto LXXIV / by Ezra Pound
flowing toward the Villa Catullo
where with sound ever moving
in diminutive poluphloisboios
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DPF / Dimoula
PIA: from July 7, 2014.
For statues. This one’s from Greek Women Poets, ed. by Eleni Fourtouni (1978).
from Mark of Recognition / by Kiki Dimoula, b. 1931
You can’t even
weigh a few raindrops in your hands,
or pick a daisy.
DPF / Bly
PIA: from July 25, 2014.
For the crows. This one’s from Contemporary American Poetry, ed. by Donald Hall (1962). A bio here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-bly
from Where We Must Look for Help / by Robert Bly b. 1926
On the third day the crow shall fly;
The crow, the crow, the spider-coloured crow
DPF / Crane
PIA: from July 9, 2014.
For elegies. This one’s from Chief Modern Poets of Britain and America, Fifth Edition, ed. by Sanders, Nelson and Rosenthal. A fellow Ohioan.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/hart-crane
from Royal Palm / by Hart Crane (1899-1932)
Green rustlings, more than regal charities
Drift coolly from that tower of whispered light.
DPF / Fourtouni
PIA: from July 10, 2014.
Another for dreams. This one’s from Love Poems by Women, ed. by Wendy Mulford (1990).
from In a Dream / by Eleni Fourtouni, trans. by Eleni Fourtouni
no, you were not putting seeds in the soft earth
no, you were not pruning the vines
no, you were not taking in the smells and the visions
DPF / Medaksé
PIA: from July 12, 2014, with apologies for July 22, 2016.
Another from Love Poems by Women, ed. by Wendy Mulford (1990).
from It’s No Secret / by Medaksé b. 1933
Every wash has its own biography and reveals
the people in a house, their size,
their taste, even what they love.
DPF / Lowell
PIA: from July 16, 2014. A favorite state of mind – a favorite quote.
And then, Elizabeth’s Lowell. From Notebook (1967). More here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/robert-lowell
from For John Berryman / by Robert Lowell (1917-1977)
John, we used the language as if we made it.
DPF / Borges
PIA: from July 18, 2014.
For prose poetry and tigers. From the book, Dreamtigers, and from the poem of the same name. More here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/jorge-luis-borges
from Dreamtigers / by Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
In my childhood, I was a fervent worshiper of the tiger
DPF / Marvell
PIA: from July 29, 2014. For slow-lier and slow-lier sailing through summer.
Instead of the poem about his coy mistress, here’s one from The Norton Anthology of Poetry, 4th edition, edited by Ferguson, Salter, and Stallworthy (1970). More on Marvell here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/andrew-marvell
from Bermudas / by Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
From a small boat that rowed along,
The listening winds received this song:
DPF / Berrigan
PIA: from May 25, 2016.
If you’re reading this, you may be one of those people with this particular joy in life, from Poetry Magazine, June 2016.
from As I walk patiently through life / by Daniel Berrigan, 1921-2016
As I walk patiently through life
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