For birds, from The Penguin Book of Women Poets.
from When, loosened from the winter’s bonds / by Princess Nukada (anthology from 650-800) the Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkðkai translation
When, loosened from the winter’s bonds,
The spring appears,
The birds that were silent
Come out and sing,
The flowers that were prisoned
Come out and bloom;
But….
For Nobel Prize in Literature poet, Gabriela Mistral, from The Penguin Book of Women Poets.
from Slow Rain / Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957, Chile), translated by Gunda Kaiser and James Tipton
This water, sad and fearful,
like a child who suffers,
before touching the earth,
fades away.
For visual artists, from The Penguin Book of Women Poets.
from Toulouse Lautrec / by Astrid Tollefsen (1897-1973, Norway)
the wine is red
the music loves itself its echo
For silversmiths, from The Penguin Book of Women Poets (1978).
from Fury’s Field / by Cecil Bødker (b. 1927, Denmark), translated by Nadia Christensen
Where do you go with your fury,
child,
when the roads are blocked with words
Last for the themeless week. This one’s from Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, posted today. More here:
http://www.tinderboxpoetry.com/what-is-the-forest-language
from [What is the forest language] / by Jennifer Firestone
What is the forest language dark breath of green.
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