Poems

My Young Son Asks Me… My young son asks me: Must I learn mathematics? What is the use, I feel like saying. That two pieces Of […]

Not What Was Meant When the Academy of Arts demanded freedom Of artistic expression from narrow-minded bureaucrats There was a howl and a clamour in its […]

O Germany, Pale Mother! Let others speak of her shame, I speak of my own. O Germany, pale mother! How soiled you are As you sit […]

On Reading a Recent Greek Poet After the wailing had already begun along the walls, their ruin certain, the Trojans fidgeted with bits of wood in […]

On the Critical Attitude The critical attitude Strikes many people as unfruitful That is because they find the state Impervious to their criticism But what in […]

Parting We embrace. Rich cloth under my fingers While yours touch poor fabric. A quick embrace You were invited for dinner While the minions of law […]

Questions From A Worker Who Reads Who built Thebes of the seven gates? In the books you will find the names of kings. Did the kings […]

Radio Poem You little box, held to me escaping So that your valves should not break Carried from house to house to ship from sail to […]

Send Me a Leaf Send me a leaf, but from a bush That grows at least one half hour Away from your house, then You must […]

Solidarity Song Peoples of the world, together Join to serve the common cause! So it feeds us all for ever See to it that it’s now […]