La Vita
Blog„Die Welt, die sich immer wieder erneuert, ist die, die uns bewegt.“ „The ever-changing world is the one that keeps us moving.“
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Never May the Fruit Be Picked
BlogBy Edna St. Vincent Millay Never, never may the fruit be plucked from the bough And gathered into barrels. He that would eat of love must eat it where it hangs. Though the branches bend like reeds, Though the ripe fruit splash in the grass or wrinkle on the tree, He that would eat of … Continued
Explicit Snow – by Norman MacCaig
BlogFirst snow is never all the snows there were Come back again, but novel in the sun As though a newness had but just begun. It does not fall as rain does from nowhere Or from that cloud spinnakered on the blue, But from a place we feel we could go to. As a great … Continued
October – Louise Glück
Blog1. Is it winter again, is it cold again, didn’t Frank just slip on the ice, didn’t he heal, weren’t the spring seeds planted didn’t the night end, didn’t the melting ice flood the narrow gutters wasn’t my body rescued, wasn’t it safe didn’t the scar form, invisible above the injury terror and cold, didn’t … Continued
A Prayer In Spring
BlogOh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year. Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white, Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night; And make us happy in the … Continued
Hope is the thing with feathers
BlogHope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I’ve heard it in the chillest land, And … Continued
