A Grief Observed
In dactylic hexameter Turgid the sea as it billows and foams in the face of the tempest. Wind-lifted wave-crests explode into diamonds...
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Translation
- May 10, 2018
- 1 min
Nänie by Friedrich Schiller
Even the beautiful must perish; it sways the gods, and rules mankind! Yet it does not move the iron breast of the Stygean Zeus. Only once...
Translation
- May 3, 2018
- 1 min
Ibykos Fragment 286, Circa 564 B.C.
Come spring, the grand apple trees stand watered by a gushing river where the maidens’ uncut flowers shiver and the blossoming grape vine...
By Shouvik N. Hore
- May 1, 2018
- 1 min
On the Epitaph of John Keats
Here lies One whose name was writ in water- O Delphic streams washing aged tombs by! A single glance spare when violets cry Near one...
The Editor
- Apr 23, 2018
- 17 min
Shakespeare's Sonnets: The Secret to Immortality
William Shakespeare (baptized April 26, 1564 – died April 23, 1616) is arguably the greatest writer in any language. His poetry is not...
By Daniel Leach
- Apr 23, 2018
- 2 min
Father Hennepin and the Great Spirit
This concludes a third in the series of poems, based on the poet's journey to Niagara Falls. Parts 1 & 2 can be found here. Father...
Translation
- Apr 19, 2018
- 1 min
Nearness of the Beloved by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
I think of you when the shimmering sea waves Shine bright on me; I think of you when the moon's resplendent rays Light up each stream. I...
By Daniel Leach
- Apr 16, 2018
- 2 min
Three Sister Islands*
Again I sit, as I sat long ago, Upon a rock, among the delicate ferns, While all around, the rushing waters flow In violent, impetuous...
Original Translation
- Apr 13, 2018
- 2 min
The Power of Song by Friedrich Schiller
A stream of rain from fissured mountains, It comes with thunder's vehemence, A shattered peak pursues its fountains, And oaks beneath it...