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Youth - by Henri Thomas

{ Poem }

On the boulevards of the Opéra
/ where the girls pace up and down
/ turning this way, and turning that
/ their svelte and lovely…

You Ask Me, Why My Heart Flies From the Coast - by Antonio Machado

{ Poem }

You ask me, why my heart flies from the coast
/ back to Castile, to towering raw terrains,
/ why, near the sea, in…

كُلُّ شيء … - by Khalid Albudoor

{ Poem }

كلُّ شيءٍ في مكانِهِ
/ مِرآتُكِ
/ أحجارُكِ
/ آنيةُ الطيبِ
/ حنَّاءٌ جافٌّ لأجلِ عيدٍ سيأتي
/ مَقعَدٌ خالٍ،
/ قميصُ الصَّيفِ الماضي
/ رائِحَتُكِ فوق َ الوسادةِ
/ ما تَرَكَتْهُ شَفتاكِ
/ من طعمِ قُبلةِ اليومِ…

bho Cheum air Cheum - by Christopher Whyte

{ Poem }

III
/
/ С фонарем обшaрьте
/ весь подлунный свет!
/ Той страны нa карте –
/ нет, в пространстве – нет.
/
/ Marina Tsvetaeva
/
/ Dh’fhàg thu Glaschu airson Cambridge, Cambridge
/ airson an…

The Wild Geese - by Violet Jacob

{ Poem }

‘Oh tell me what was on yer road, ye roarin’ norlan’ Wind,
/ As ye cam’ blawin’ frae the land that’s niver…

Tam i’ the Kirk - by Violet Jacob

{ Poem }

O Jean, my Jean, when the bell ca’s the congregation
/ Owre valley an’ hill wi’ the ding frae its iron mou’,
/ When…

Kiss - by Robert Crawford

{ Poem }

For want of a mountain a primrose was lost,
/
/ For want of a primrose a love song was lost,
/
/ For want of…

Bohemia Lies by the Sea - by Ingeborg Bachmann

{ Poem }

If houses here are green, I’ll step inside a house.
/ If bridges here are sound, I’ll walk on solid ground.

Little Sea House - by Hamish Maclaren

{ Poem }

Little sea house,
/ when I found you,
/ the yellow poppies
/ …

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