"Lerchengesang" (Lark Song) Set by Brahms
Ethereal, distant voices, Heavenly greetings of larks, How sweetly you move men's hearts With your enchanting voices. As my eyes begin...
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- Oct 3, 2018
- 1 min
The Fishergirl by Heinrich Heine
Come you lovely fisher girl, Come and bring your boat to land; Join me on the golden shore, We'll cuddle hand in hand. Lay your head on...
Original Translation
- Sep 30, 2018
- 1 min
An die Musik
Thou sacred art, in how many trying hours When I had been thrown through life’s winding ways Did you come and lift my sad heart into...
Translation
- Sep 24, 2018
- 1 min
Heine's "Atlas" Set by Franz Schubert
I, wretched Atlas, must carry the world, I must carry this wide world of wrenching pain. I bear the unbearable and my heart Breaks within...
By Adam Sedia
- Sep 10, 2018
- 1 min
The Seashell
An errant shape appears upon the sand, Borne from ultramarine depths to wash Among the turquoise waves’ relentless crash Upon another...
By Beverly Stock
- Sep 2, 2018
- 1 min
The Human Depot
A Human Depot, A resting place Full of dignity, history and grace. The monuments Are carefully tended there, Naming who rests where...
Original Translation
- Aug 6, 2018
- 1 min
Feldeinsamkeit by Hermann Allmers
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...
By Paul Gallagher
- Jul 30, 2018
- 1 min
The Farmer’s Jewels
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...
By Michael R. Burch
- Jul 23, 2018
- 1 min
''Moments'' & Other Poems
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...
By Daniel Leach
- Jul 9, 2018
- 2 min
ODE: SPRING MOURNING
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...
By Beverly Stock
- Jul 3, 2018
- 1 min
On the Road
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...
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