Poems

In Andersens Stammbuch lasset uns, in dieser düstern, bangen Zeit, Wo hochanschwellend donnernd der Geschichte Strom Die starre langgehegte Eisesdecke sprengt, Das neue Leben unter Trümmern […]

El Secreto A orillas de la fábula, secretamente mía, desde el árbol de sangre donde nace el latido que se asoma a tu pulso, tu lengua, […]

Lament For The Two Brothers Slain By Each Other’s Hand Now do our eyes behold The tidings which were told: Twin fallen kings, twin perished hopes […]

Prometheus Amid Hurricane And Earthquake Earth is rocking in space! And the thunders crash up with a roar upon roar, And the eddying lightnings flash fire […]

Song Of The Furies Up and lead the dance of Fate! Lift the song that mortals hate! Tell what rights are ours on earth, Over all […]

The Battle Of Salamis The night was passing, and the Grecian host By no means sought to issue forth unseen. But when indeed the day with […]

The Beacon Fires A GLEAM — a gleam — from Ida’s height, By the Fire-god sent, it came; From watch to watch it leapt, that light, […]

The Sacrifice Of Iphigenia Now long and long from wintry Strymon blew The weary, hungry, anchor-straining blasts, The winds that wandering seamen dearly rue, Nor spared […]

By Life Tormented By life tormented, and by cunning hope, When my soul surrenders in its battle with them, Day and night I press my eyelids […]

I Always Like The Northern Birches I always s like the northern birches: Their view, so downcast and grave, The fever, which poor souls scorches, Cools […]