The God Abandons Antony by C.P. Cafavy When suddenly, at midnight, you hearan invisible procession going bywith exquisite music, voices,don’t mourn your luck that’s failing now,work gone wrong, your plansall proving deceptive—don’t mourn them uselessly.As one long...
This famous poem is by the poet Constantinos Petrou Cafavy who was born and died in the ancient port city Alexandria. He lived from 1863 to 1933 and was a member of the large Greek community in Alexandria. His poems were also written in Greek.The City You said: “I’ll...
This is a beautiful poem by CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ, a coentemporary writer from the Pacific island of Guam. The typeset is quite impressive and transforms the words into a visual art piece as well as a poem. I won't be able to reproduce it here, so I'll just quote one...
Ein einziger Schrei - die Stadt ist versunken,Und Hunderttausende sind ertrunken.Wo gestern noch Lärm und lustiger Tisch,Schwamm andern Tags der stumme Fisch.Heut bin ich über Rungholt gefahren,Die Stadt ging unter vor sechshundert Jahren.Trutz, Blanke Hans? (Excerpt)...