For the constellations, from poets.org.
from August Evening / by Sandor Csoori
See, a hand sweeps stars
from the August sky
Poetry
DPF / Kenyon
PIA: from August 17, 2014.
And, another poem in lieu of a rain dance. Like rain, miss you, Jane Kenyon. The rest of the poem, here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/heavy-summer-rain
from Heavy Summer Rain / by Jane Kenyon (1947 – 1995)
Everything blooming bows down in the rain:
white irises, red peonies; and the poppies
DPF / Milan
PIA: from August 2, 2014.
From Mouth to Mouth, ed. By Forrest Gander.
from Folklore / by Elena Milan
Nevertheless, we go dancing through the streets
to the rhythm of rattles and clarinets with a thousand reeds
DPF / Johnson
PIA: from June 16, 2016. Happy Sunday.
For summer travels, from poetryfoundation.org.
from Summer / by Ronald Johnson
As the morning advanced the sun became bright and warm, cloudless, calm, serene.
DPF / Pasternak
PIA: from a May 13th.
For the most beautiful weather, from Selected Poems.
from Storm, Instantaneous Forever / by Boris Pasternak, translated by Jon Stallworthy and Peter France
The lilac darkened. And the storm
Came bounding in from the meadows
With a sheaf of lightning flashes
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.
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