“O Southern Cross, O Clover of Scented Phosphorus” by Pablo Neruda
O Southern Cross, O Clover of Scented Phosphorus O Southern Cross, O clover of scented phosphorus,with four kisses this day penetrated your beautyand traversed my hat and the shadows:the moon went turning round a coldness.… Continue Reading
“Halfway Down” by A.A. Milne
Halfway Down Halfway down the stairsis a stairwhere I sit.there isn’t anyother stairquite likeit.I’m not at the bottom,I’m not at the top;so this is the stairwhereI alwaysstop. Halfway up the stairsIsn’t upAnd it isn’t down.It… Continue Reading
“The People” by Pablo Neruda
The People I recall that man and not two centurieshave passed since I saw him,he went neither by horse nor by carriage:purely on foothe outstrippeddistances,and carried no sword or armour,only nets on his shoulder,axe or… Continue Reading
“El Pueblo” de Pablo Neruda
El Pueblo De aquel hombre me acuerdo y no han pasadosino dos siglos desde que lo vi,no anduvo ni a caballo ni en carroza:a puro piedeshizolas distanciasy no llevaba espada ni armadura,sino redes al hombro,hacha… Continue Reading
“Breakage” by Mary Oliver
Breakage I go down to the edge of the sea. How everything shines in the morning light! The cusp of the whelk, the broken cupboard of the clam, the opened, blue mussels, moon snails, pale… Continue Reading
“Where Is God?” by Mark Nepo
Where Is God? It’s as if what is unbreakable— the very pulse of life—waits for everything else to be torn away, and then in the bareness that only silence and suffering and great love can… Continue Reading
“Twelfth Song of Thunder” in the Navajo Tradition
Twelfth Song of Thunder The voice that beautifies the land! The voice above, The voice of thunder Within the dark cloud Again and again it sounds, The voice that beautifies the land. The voice that… Continue Reading
“Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou
Phenomenal Woman Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s… Continue Reading
“It Troubled Me as Once I was” by Emily Dickinson
It Troubled Me as Once I was It troubled me as once I was —For I was once a Child —Concluding how an Atom — fell —And yet the Heavens — held — The Heavens… Continue Reading
“The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee” by N. Scott Momaday
The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee I am a feather on the bright skyI am the blue horse that runs in the plainI am the fish that rolls, shining, in the waterI am the shadow that… Continue Reading