(5) Old Wall (from Year of the Goddess)

by admin | Jul 29, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era

Féach an seanfhalla coincréite seoÁ théamh ag an ngrian.Is gearr go mbeidh na seangáin amuighChun damhsa DuitCé acu ab fhearr Leat?Gasta nó mall?Nó iad a bheith ina stad?Look at this old concrete wallBeing warmed by the sun.Soon the ants will come outTo dance...

Burnt Norton – excerpt 2 (from The Four Quartets)

by admin | Jul 27, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era

Time past and time futureAllow but a little consciousness.To be conscious is not to be in timeBut only in time can the moment in the rose-garden,The moment in the arbour where the rain beat,The moment in the draughty church at smokefallBe remembered; involved with...

Is parchment then the sacred fount (from Faust)

by admin | Jul 24, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era

Is parchment then the sacred fountfrom which a draught will quench our thirst forever?You must draw it from your inward soulor else you’ll not be satisfied.

The Silence

by admin | Jul 22, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era

Though the air is full of singingmy head is loudwith the labor of words.Though the season is richwith fruit, my tonguehungers for the sweet of speech.Though the beech is goldenI cannot stand beside itmute, but must say”It is golden,” while the leavesstir...

Green-Striped Melons

by admin | Jul 15, 2024 | Poems by Women, Secular/Modern Era

They lieunder stars in a field.They lie under rain in a field.Under sun.Some peopleare like this as well –like a paintinghidden beneath another painting.An unexpected weightthe sign of their ripeness.

Is anyone there

by admin | Jul 9, 2024 | Poems by Men, Secular/Modern Era

Is anyone thereif soare you realeither way are youone or severalif the latterare you all at onceor do youtake turns not answeringis your answerthe question itselfsurviving the askingwithout endwhose question is ithow does it beginwhere does it come fromhow did it...