The AlliesAugust 14th, 1914Into the brazen, burnished sky, the cry hurls itself. The zigzagging cry of hoarse throats, it floats against the hard winds, and binds the head of the serpent to…
The BombardmentSlowly, without force, the rain drops into the city. It stops a moment on the carved head of Saint John, then slides on again, slipping and trickling over his stone cloak. It…
The Grocery"Hullo, Alice!"
"Hullo, Leon!"
"Say, Alice, gi' me a couple
O' them two for five cigars,
Will yer?"
"Where's your nickel?"
"My! Ain't you close!
Can't trust a feller, can yer."
"…
The Starling“I can't get out”, said the starling. Sterne's Sentimental Journey. Forever the impenetrable wall
Of self confines my poor rebellious soul,
I never see the towering white clouds…
The TroutNaughty little speckled trout,
Can't I coax you to come out?
Is it such great fun to play
In the water every day?Do you pull the Naiads' hair
Hiding in the lilies there?
Do you hunt…
The WayAt first a mere thread of a footpath half blotted out by the grasses
Sweeping triumphant across it, it wound between hedges of roses
Whose blossoms were poised above leaves as pond…
To a FriendI ask but one thing of you, only one,
That always you will be my dream of you;
That never shall I wake to find untrue
All this I have believed and rested on,
Forever vanished,…
WindHe shouts in the sails of the ships at sea,
He steals the down from the honeybee,
He makes the forest trees rustle and sing,
He twirls my kite till it breaks its string.
Laughing,…
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