Tag Archives: International Poetry Month

Belief Forever nameless Forever unkown Forever unconceived Forever unrepresented yet forever felt in the soul. – David Herbert Lawrence With this poem the project “(Inter-)National Poetry Month 2008” has come to its conclusion. I hope you enjoyed some of the … Continue reading →

Ode to the West Wind I O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken … Continue reading →

Notes from a Nonexistent Himalayan Expedition So these are the Himalayas. Mountains racing to the moon. The moment of their start recorded on the startling, ripped canvas of the sky. Holes punched in a desert of clouds. Thrust into nothing. … Continue reading →

Ent and Entwife ENT. “When Spring unfolds the beechen leaf, and sap is in the bough; When light is on the wild-wood stream, and wind is on the brow; When stride is long, and breath is deep, and keen the … Continue reading →

The Satyr’s Heart Now I rest my head on the satyr’s carved chest, The hollow where the heart would have been, if sandstone Had a heart, if a headless goat man could have a heart. His neck rises to a … Continue reading →

The Great Selkie o’ Suleskerry I heard a mother lull her bairn, and aye she rocked, and aye she sang. She took so hard upon the verse that the heart within her body rang. “O, cradle row, and cradle go, … Continue reading →

The Land of Story Books At evening when the lamp is lit, Around the fire my parents sit; They sit at home and talk and sing, And do not play at anything. Now, with my little gun, I crawl All … Continue reading →