«All over the world from east to west / It stormed and snowed. / A candle glowed upon the desk, / A candle glowed. As midges rush towards a flame / On summer nights / White flakes attacked the window pane / From outside. They formed a rings-and-arrows dress, / Refined and cold. / A...»
«As promised and without deception, / The sun passed through in early morning / In a slanting saffron stripe / From the curtain to the sofa. It covered with burning ochre / The neighboring woods, village houses, / My bed, the wet pillow / And the strip of wall behind the bookshelf. I re...»
«As it had promised, no cheating, / The sun at dawn sneaked in and entered, / Its slanting beam of saffron slipping / Across the floor toward the center. / / It clothed in warmth of ochre lighting / The grove, the roofs, the village square, / My bed, my pillow,...»
«A house of unimagined beauty / Is set in parkland, cool and dark; / Gates with an arch; then meadows, hillocks, / And oats and woods beyond the park. Here, with their crowns each other hiding, / Enormous linden trees engage / In dusky, quiet celebration / Of their two hundred years of a...»