Poesie

Had I been assigned Hesse’s poems in my college German class, I might have persevered with the language. As it was, I ran out of steam by the second year and never achieved fluency. It is one of my regrets. It is one of the things I would do differently if I could live my life over again. (Sorry Nie Leggi tutto

At night, when the sea cradles meAnd the pale star gleamLies down on its broad waves,Then I free myself whollyFrom all activity and all the loveAnd stand silent and breathe purely,Alone, alone cradled by the seaThat lies there, cold and silent,with a thousand lights.Then I have to think of my friend Leggi tutto

I work for a Park & Recreational District in a Northern California town. As I was cleaning up the public park I saw items on a picnic table that looked like books. The closer I got I realized there were two lonely books someone had left; one of them was this book I am reviewing. Little did I know th Leggi tutto

SENZA RIPOSO Cuore, uccel pauroso sempre ancor chieder devi se verrà pace e quiete dopo giorni tempestosi. Oh so, dopo giorni pieni di quiete, per nostalgia e desiderio ogni giorno ti sarà pena. E tu appena al sicuro cercherai nuovi dolori e pieno d'impazienza lo spazio brucerai come stella più nuov Leggi tutto

Am terminat aceasta scurtă colecție de poeme, și, cum mă așteptam, mi-a plăcut mult. Hesse nu m-a dezamăgit deloc până acum. Și sper să n-o facă. Vreau cu ardoare să citesc "Gertrude", sper să-mi placă la fel de mult sau mai mult decât "Steppenwolf". Revenind la cartea noastră, poemele au ca temă si Leggi tutto

Favorite poems were “Ode to Hölderlin”, “Lying in Grass”, and “In a Collection of Egyptian Sculptures”. There was a post card from Ramakrishna Temple Belur Math, Calcutta inside this second hand copy when I bought it which seems fitting. From “In a Collection of Egyptian Sculptures”: “But we, your you Leggi tutto

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