Poems

From early dawn the thirtieth of April… From early dawn the thirtieth of April Is given up to children of the town, And caught in trying […]

God’s World Thin as hair are the shadows of sunset When they follow drawn-out every tree. On the road through the forest the post-girl Hands a […]

Hamlet The murmurs ebb; onto the stage I enter. I am trying, standing in the door, To discover in the distant echoes What the coming years […]

Here a riddle has drawn a strange nailmark Here a riddle has drawn a strange nailmark. To sleep now! I’ll reread, understand with the light of […]

Here will be echoes in the mountains… Here will be echoes in the mountains, The distant landslides’ rumbling boom, The rocks, the dwellings in the village, […]

Here—now—our age of socialism!… Here—now—our age of socialism! Here in the thick of life below. Today in the name of things to be Into the future […]

Hops Beneath the willow wound round with ivy we take cover from the worst of the storm, with a greatcoat round our shoulders and my hands […]

How few are we. Probably three… How few are we. Probably three In all-coallike, burning, infernal Beneath the grey bark of the tree Of wisdom, and […]

Humble home. But rum, and charcoal… Humble home. But rum, and charcoal Grog of sketches on the wall, And the cell becomes a mansion, And the […]

I grew. Foul weather, dreams, forebodings… I grew. Foul weather, dreams, forebodings Were bearing me – a Ganymede – Away from earth; distress was growing Like […]