when i fall in love
why this, now? i finally found a friend,
from 40 years ago.
A LOVE SONG
What have I to say to you
When we shall meet?
Yet—
I lie here thinking of you.
The stain of love
Is upon the world.
Yellow, yellow, yellow,
It eats into the leaves,
Smears with saffron
The horned branches that lean
Heavily
Against a smooth purple sky.
See me!
My hair is dripping with nectar—
Starlings carry it
On their black wings.
See, at last
My arms and my hands
Are lying idle.
How can I tell
If I shall ever love you again
As I do now?
William Carlos Williams
first published in Poems 1916.
from 40 years ago.
A LOVE SONG
What have I to say to you
When we shall meet?
Yet—
I lie here thinking of you.
The stain of love
Is upon the world.
Yellow, yellow, yellow,
It eats into the leaves,
Smears with saffron
The horned branches that lean
Heavily
Against a smooth purple sky.
There is no light—
Only a honey-thick stain
That drips from leaf to leaf
And limb to limb
Spoiling the colours
Of the whole world.
I am alone.
The weight of love
Has buoyed me up
Till my head
Knocks against the sky.
Only a honey-thick stain
That drips from leaf to leaf
And limb to limb
Spoiling the colours
Of the whole world.
I am alone.
The weight of love
Has buoyed me up
Till my head
Knocks against the sky.
See me!
My hair is dripping with nectar—
Starlings carry it
On their black wings.
See, at last
My arms and my hands
Are lying idle.
How can I tell
If I shall ever love you again
As I do now?
William Carlos Williams
first published in Poems 1916.
and all i can say is how little we've learned,and yet too much,
interlude
In this world
love has no color --
yet how deeply
my body
is stained by yours.
Izami Shikibu
tran. Jane Hirshfield
interlude
In this world
love has no color --
yet how deeply
my body
is stained by yours.
Izami Shikibu
tran. Jane Hirshfield
interlude
Labels: emil orlik, haiku, izumi shikibu, jane hirshfield, joseph damberger, maurice denis, picasso, poetry, the lettermen, toulouse-lautrec, william carlos williams
6 Comments:
OMG!! your blog is treasure chest!!!!!billion thanks )))))))
thank you and welcome, vitalik. people like you make me more brave.
It's been a while since a post (I just got around to reading this- been busy!). You OK? In love? Which I suppose could bring us back to- you OK :) ?
ahhh-- in love with my life and my cat and my garden. :^) and myself. i seem to have fallen down a well paved in buttons. i'm removing seams from all my old clothes in hopes of recombinations. i imitate penelope and embroider all day then rip it out at night.
ah...& like Penelope, you probably live by the shore of the oddest sea...:)
how bright you are and of a salted heart, like me.
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