Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Triste, Triste
In the space between love and sleepwhen heart mourns in its prisoneyes against shoulder keeptheir blood-black curtains tight.Body rolls back like a..
© Gwen Harwood
Last Meeting
Shadows grazing eastward meltfrom their vast sun-driven flocksinto consubstantial dusk.A snow wind flosses the bleak rocks,strips from the gums their..
© Gwen Harwood
Anniversary
So the light falls, and so it fellon branched leaved with flocking birds.Loght stole a citys weight to swellthe coloured lofe of stone. Your..
© Gwen Harwood
Barn Owl
Daybreak: the household slept.I rose, blessed by the sun.A horny fiend, I creptout with my father's gun.Let him dream of a childobedient..
© Gwen Harwood
In The Park
She sits in the park. Her clothes are out of date.Two children whine and bicker, tug her skirt.A third draws aimless patterns in the dirtSomeone she..
© Gwen Harwood
Epitaph on General Gordon
WARRIOR of God, man's friend, and tyrant's foeNow somewhere dead far in the waste Soudan,Thou livest in all hearts, for all men knowThis earth has..
© Gwen Harwood
A Wish for the Lunar Year
I wish you joy, I wish you peace,May all your troubles find release.May golden luck and laughter stay,And guide your heart in every way.May every..
© Lunar New Year
The Promise of a New Year
Each year begins with hope and cheer,A promise bright, both far and near.The Lunar New Year softly says,“Be brave, be kind, through all your..
© Lunar New Year
The Festival of Spring
The winds grow warm, the flowers bloom,The new year chases off the gloom.The markets shine with red and gold,As tales of luck and joy are told.We..
© Lunar New Year
Lanterns of Hope
Lanterns drift across the night,Softly glowing, pure and bright.Each one carries dreams untold,Of peace, of joy, of hearts of gold.They float so..
© Lunar New Year
A New Moon Rises
A new moon rises, soft and high,Painting silver in the sky.The old year fades without regret,The new one comes — our hearts are set.We clean our..
© Lunar New Year
The Dance of the Dragon
The dragon moves from street to street,Its shining scales, a sight so sweet.It twists and turns with pride and grace,Bringing good luck to every..
© Lunar New Year
The Spirit of the Lunar Year
The moon shines bright on this new night,The sky is calm, the stars are light.The world begins its dance again,With joy and peace for every..
© Lunar New Year
Chinese New Year
By Lynda HullThe dragon is in the street dancing beneath windows pasted with colored squares, past the manwho leans into the phone booth’s red..
© Lunar New Year
Freedom Forever
Freedom whispers in the breeze,In songs of birds and rustling trees.It lives within the hearts of men,Who vowed, “This shall not come again.”No..
© National Freedom Day
The Price of Freedom
Freedom came with sweat and pain,With loss and tears like falling rain.But through the storm, their hearts stood tall,They dreamed of liberty for..
© National Freedom Day
Our Freedom Story
Freedom is a story told,Of broken chains and hearts of gold.Of voices raised, of battles won,Of hope that shines like morning sun.They marched..
© National Freedom Day
The Dream That Lives
Once a dream in hearts was born,From tears of pain and years of scorn.Men and women brave and true,Fought for me and fought for you.They dreamed a..
© National Freedom Day
The Light of Freedom
Freedom’s light forever glows,Through every storm, it bravely shows.From chains and pain, the world awoke,When justice rose, the silence broke.No..
© National Freedom Day
Field of Skulls
By Mary KarrStare hard enough at the fabric of night, and if you're predisposed to dark—let’s say the window you’ve picked is a blackpostage..
© Halloween Day
All Hallows
By Louise GlückEven now this landscape is assembling.The hills darken. The oxensleep in their blue yoke,the fields having beenpicked clean, the..
© Halloween Day
Samhain
By Annie Finch(The Celtic Halloween)In the season leaves should love,since it gives them leave to movethrough the wind, towards the groundthey were..
© Halloween Day
The Witch
By Elizabeth WillisA witch can charm milk from an ax handle.A witch bewitches a man's shoe.A witch sleeps naked."Witch ointment" on the back will..
© Halloween Day
All Hallows’ Eve
By Dorothea TanningBe perfect, make it otherwise.Yesterday is torn in shreds.Lightning’s thousand sulfur eyesRip apart the breathing beds.Hear bones..
© Halloween Day
Ghost Prisoner
By Heid E. ErdrichThis prisoner and other “ghost detainees” were hidden largely to prevent the International Committee of the Red Cross from..
© Halloween Day