Amor che ne la mente mi ragiona by Dante Alighieri
We present a new installment of original Dante translations. To our knowledge, Dante’s lyric poems have never been presented in a way...
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By Adam Sedia
- Jun 18, 2018
- 1 min
A Nameless Fossil
What creature’s frame, entombed in stone, Lies, though marine, in open air? As if it glimpsed the Gorgon’s stare, Hard rock outlines its...
By David B. Gosselin
- Jun 13, 2018
- 1 min
I Know Why the Red Rose Weeps
I know why the red rose weeps, Why she hides her tears in dew, As the summer breezes sweep From those seas of peaceful blue, And then...
Translation
- Jun 6, 2018
- 3 min
Cassandra by Friedrich Schiller
In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam of Troy. She was given the ability to foresee the future by the god Apollo,...
By James A. Tweedie
- Jun 4, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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...
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. Read parts 1 & 2 & 3 here. Father Hennepin...
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