Articles tagged ‘Saturday poems’.
By Ernesto Cardenal, translated by Andrew McKenna Me contaron que estabas enamorada de otro y entonces me fue a mi cuarto y escribí ese artíc...
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by Denise Levertov Original Language English The Rav of Northern White Russia declined, in his youth, to learn the language of birds, because the extr...
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by Li Po English version by L. Cranmer-Byng Original Language Chinese The rustling nightfall strews my gown with roses, And wine-flushed petals bring ...
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Singer and performer Darryl Emmerson will lead the Orange Tree Concert, a celebration of the work of Australian lyric poet John Shaw Neilson, at Chri...
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By Lalla Don’t flail about like a man wearing a blindfold. Believe me, He’s in here. Come in and see for yourself. You’ll stop hunti...
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by John O’Donohue May the light of your soul guide you. May the light of your soul bless the work You do with the secret love and warmth ...
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by Clare of Assisi English version by Regis Armstrong & Ignatius Brady Original language: Italian What you hold, may you always hold. What you do...
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by Eihei Dogen (1200 – 1253) English version by Steven Heine Original Language Japanese To what shall I liken the world? Moonlight, reflected In...
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by Pima (Anonymous) (18th Century) English version by Frank Russell Earth Magician shapes the world. Behold what he can do! Round and smooth ...
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Inniskeen Road: July Evening By Patrick Kavanagh The bicycles go by in twos and threes - There’s a dance in Billy Brennan’s barn to-night,...
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by Baba Sheikh Farid (1173 – 1266) Original Language Punjabi Muslim / Sufi Sikh Says Farid, I thought I was alone who suffered. I went on top of...
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by William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939) Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay a sober man Although I drink ...
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Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) English version by Coleman Barks Today I’m out wandering, turning my skull Today I’m out wandering, tu...
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by Han-shan (Cold Mountain) (730? – 850?) English version by Burton Watson Original Language Chinese I spur my horse past the ruined city; the r...
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Brigid of Ireland I would like the angels of Heaven to be among us. I would like an abundance of peace. I would like full vessels of charity. I would ...
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by Francis of Assisi (1181 – 1226) English version by Regis Armstrong & Ignatius Brady Most high, omnipotent, good Lord, Praise, glory and ...
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By Mahsati Ganjavi (12th century). English version by David and Sabrineh Fideler The pathway finally opened When my heart came to rule in the world o...
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By Heberto Padilla Translated by Andrew McKenna I live in Cuba. I’ve always lived in Cuba. Those years of wandering the world that people have ...
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by Dogen (1200 – 1253) Like tangled hair, The circular delusion Of beginning and end, When straightened out, A dream no longer. Dogen, sometimes...
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By Heberto Padilla (1932-2000) From Out of the Game Translated by Andrew McKenna Cuban poets dream no more (even at night). They’ll close the do...
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by Yakut (Anonymous, 19th century) My words are tied in one With the great mountains, With the great rocks, With the great trees, In one with my body...
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by Pawnee (Anonymous, 19th century) English version by Daniel Brinton Let us see, is this real, Let us see, is this real, Let us see, is this real, T...
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By Kabir, 15th century The Lord is in Me The Lord is in me, and the Lord is in you, As life is hidden in every seed. So rubble your pride, my friend, ...
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by Jusammi Chikako (14th century) On this summer night All the household lies asleep, And in the doorway, For once open after dark, Stands the moon, b...
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By Patrick Kavanagh O stony grey soil of Monaghan The laugh from my love you thieved You took the gay child of my passion And gave me your clod-concei...
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By Heberto Padilla Translated by Andrew McKenna Tell the truth. Tell, at least, your truth. And afterwards let it happen, whatever: they smash your p...
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By Adam Ford* are you ready for this? forget I asked there’s no way you could be ready for what has to follow the necessity of the next i...
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The Ojibway (Chippewa) are one of the most numerous nations of Native Americans. Traditional Ojibway lands are centered in Michigan, Minnesota, Saskat...
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by Anna Akhmatova I taught myself to live simply and wisely, to look at the sky and pray to God, and to wander long before evening to tire my superflu...
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by Edith Kanaka’ole (Hawaiian, 20th century) E ho mai Ka ike mai luna mai e O na mea huna no eau O na mele e E ho mai E ho mai E ho mai Grant u...
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By Max McClure My heart takes root in her and grips with its nail, holds on like bark on the rod, to me she is joy’s tower and palace and chambe...
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By Roque Dalton Translated by Andrew McKenna I was expelled from the Communist Party long before they excommunicated me from the Catholic Church. That...
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Roberto Fernández Retamar (La Habana, 1930) Translated by Andrew McKenna But what matters is the revolution the rest are just words in the background...
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By Patrick Kavanagh On Raglan Road of an autumn day I saw her first and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue I saw the...
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By Pablo Antonio Cuadra (Nicaragua, 1912-2002) Translated by Andrew McKenna Since ancient times the rain has wept. Nevertheless, a tear is but young, ...
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