A Human Depot, A resting place Full of dignity, history and grace. The monuments Are carefully tended there, Naming who rests where...

The midnight hour had fallen on The hushed city of Babylon. And yet within its castle walls The vassals thronged throughout the halls....

Peacefully, I rest in the tall green grass For a long time only gazing as I lie, Caught in the endless hymn of crickets, And encircled by...

Within a fortress prison, A stubborn yeoman sits within the cell That tyranny has chosen For him who would rebel. Of home and wife his...

Moments There were moments full of promise, like the petal-scented rainfall of early spring, when to hold you in my arms and to kiss...

Death is the cooling night, Life is the sultry day. But now darkness settles And I long for respite. Outside my window there looms a...

The first soft days of springtime greet my eyes Like a young girl’s face, smiling fresh and clean, The sunlight falls, like hope, from...

On the road to Climax, Georgia, Sunsets streaked a paling yellow, Riding in my car with a handsome fellow. We were driving day and night...

We present a new installment of original Dante translations. To our knowledge, Dante’s lyric poems have never been presented in a way...