For the beauty of small things, from The Star by My Head, Poets from Sweden edited and translated by Malena Morling and Jonas Ellerstrom.
from the flowers are sleeping / by Gunnar Ekelof (1907-1968)
and the children play quietly with words on the floor
For finding form, from Villanelles, edited by Annie Finch and Marie – Elizabeth Mali.
from Saturday at the Border / by Hayden Carruth
Ah, far from home and God knows not much fired
By thoughts of when he thought he was inspired,
He writes by writing what he must.
For the deserts of Persia, from Love Poems by Women, edited by Wendy Mulford.
from Though I am Laila of the Persian Romance / by Princess Zeb-un-Nissa, translated by Willis Barnstone
A nightingale came to the flower garden
because she was my pupil.
For bonny-baby eyelashes, from Love Poems by Women, edited by Wendy Mulford.
from Jade, or the Medea Within Us / by Patrizia Vicinelli, translated by Franco Beltramettii and Tom Raworth
How did you want to live? Your temple within a poisonous crystal
oasis, how brave we are to give time all its security.
In her passion she smiles red the banner comes to an end and
meanwhile
For simple things, from Mouth to Mouth: Poems by Twelve Contemporary Mexican Women, edited by Forrest Gander.
from Untitlted / by Silvia Tomasa Rivera (b. El Higo, Veracruz, 3.7.1956), translated by Janet Rodney
It’s something much simpler,
like opening a window and touching that luminous spot
bursting in the cup of your hands.
For Chagall and his bright world, from The FSG Book of Twentieth-century Latin American Poetry, edited by Ilan Stavans.
from The Poet in the Countryside (After a Marc Chagall painting) / by Jorge Teillier (Chile, 1935-1996)
Yes
we could also be lying down
prominently in the painting
with the raincoat covered with grass
For Chagall and his bright world, from The FSG Book of Twentieth-century Latin American Poetry, edited by Ilan Stavans.
from The Poet in the Countryside (After a Marc Chagall painting) / by Jorge Teillier (Chile, 1935-1996)
Yes
we could also be lying down
prominently in the painting
with the raincoat covered with grass
For 5th grade, from Poetryfoundation.org.
from Fifth Grade Autobiography / by Rita Dove
I was four in this photograph fishing
with my grandparents at a lake in Michigan.
My brother squats in poison ivy.
His Davy Crockett cap
sits squared on his head
For not to the moon, from The Best American Poetry, edited by James Tate.
from After Fighting for Hours / by Kate Gleason
until their hearts gave out trying,
those pioneers who had out – survived
fever, hunger, a run of broken luck
For temples, from the Poetry app spin.
from Around Unmun Temple at Ch’Eongdo / by Ko Un, translated by Sonny Jung and Hillel Schwartz
Young faces
like dew,
like hoarfrost.
poetry, publishing, and mentoring
A periodic, open discussion of particular poems
a resource for moving poetry
from lined paper, to Royal, to Smith Corona, to floppy disk, to 1TB hard drive...it's all a result of the passing wind.
Writer & Visual Artist
Reading Around The World
A blog about books, writing and mental health
a journal of contemporary poetry
Original poetry, commentary, and fiction. All copyrights reserved.
Global issues, travel, photography & fashion. Drifting across the globe; the world is my oyster, my oyster through a lens.
Rare Books from 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books
"I am offering this poem to you, since I have nothing else to give." ~Jimmy Santiago Baca
another site about the arts and writing ...
Fine traditional letterpress printing and hand bookbinding.
"We're all out there, somewhere, waiting to happen."
Daily Poetry Fragments {Semi-Daily} 