By Daniel LeachApr 2, 20182 minFlight of the IbisIn the golden light of the late Spring evening, A boy is dreaming on the backyard swing, Swinging and dreaming, as over the treetops And...
By Paul GallagherMar 31, 20181 minOf Sense‘Cross all the rise of history The greatest voices spoke to me, Warmed me like fire; I did not reply, But hearing I stood as in their...
Original TranslationMar 25, 20181 minWanderer’s Night Song II by Johann Wolfgang GoetheII. Over the hilltops Is quietness, And in the treetops Emptiness, There's hardly a sigh. The birds are soundless in the forest; With...
By Omar Ahmad AlkhulakiMar 25, 20181 minMy Soul is DarkMy soul is ever so dark, Like the majestic night, In its center my heart, Shines atop milky white. And from an early start, It never had...
By Edward HokeMar 21, 20181 minSonnet — by Edward Hoke12/03/17 Of all ye gods, that crown Olympus high, Who yet remains that man’s not brought to heel? When aircraft daily pierce great Zeus’s...
By Paul GallagherMar 20, 20182 minWho Can Tell a Wave...Who Can Tell a Wave… Who can tell a wave when its run will end? A soldier answers, “None.” How many chances come to flee or stand? Again...
By Daniel LeachMar 3, 20182 minIn St. Mary's Church — Fredricksburg, TXHigh above the altar, looking down, The stained-glass angel smiles almost unseen, At generations passing through below, Some raise their...
TranslationDec 15, 20172 minThe Knight of Toggenburg (1797) by Friedrich SchillerSir knight, I can a sister's love Happily offer you, But any other kind of love Would not be true. Softly I can appear to you, And softly...
TranslationDec 12, 20176 minDante's Canzone On Grace and Virtue: Poschia ch’amor del tutto m’ha lasciatoSince everything has already been taken, And delight forsaken, When I had never known such joy before, Since Love could stand no more To...
By David B. GosselinDec 4, 20172 minThe Gardens of CordobaMy heart longs for gardens at Cordoba Where young maidens weep like morning roses; And suns never shimmer without gilding Cloudlets with...
TranslationNov 26, 20172 minDante's Sestina Stone Rhyme: Al Poco Giorno e al gran cerchio d'ombraTo the short day and great arc of shadow I've come, alas, and to the paling hills When all the colors have vanished from the grass Where...
Original TranslationNov 25, 20174 minAmor, da che conven pur ch'io mi dogliaLove, since it has been decreed that I must Suffer, in order to be heard; That I must show myself spent of virtue, Then grant me the...