English Poem

Ode to the Artichoke

The artichokeWith a tender heartDressed up like a warrior,Standing at attention, it builtA small helmetUnder its scalesIt remainedUnshakeable,By its sideThe…

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Ode to Maize

America, from a grainof maize you grewto crownwith spacious landsthe ocean foam.A grain of maize was your geography.From the graina…

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Nothing But Death

There are cemeteries that are lonely,graves full of bones that do not make a sound,the heart moving through a tunnel,in…

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Magellanic Penguin

Neither clown nor child nor blacknor white but verticleand a questioning innocencedressed in night and snow:The mother smiles at the…

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Lovely One

Lovely one,Just as on the cool stoneOf the spring, the waterOpens a wide flash of foam,So is the smile of…

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Love

What's wrong with you, with us,what's happening to us?Ah our love is a harsh cordthat binds us wounding usand if…

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Leaning Into The Afternoons

Leaning into the afternoons I cast my sad netstowards your oceanic eyes.There in the highest blaze my solitude lengthens and…

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In My Sky At Twilight

In my sky at twilight you are like a cloudand your form and colour are the way I love them.You…

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I’m Explaining a Few Things

You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs?and the poppy-petalled metaphysics?and the rain repeatedly spatteringits words and drilling…

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I Hunt For A Sign Of You

I hunt for a sign of you in all the others,In the rapid undulant river of women,Braids, shyly sinking eyes,Light…

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