«She came in out of the frost, / her cheeks glowing, / and filled my whole room / with the scent of fresh air / and perfume / and resonent chatter / that did away with my last chance / of getting anywhere in my work. Straightaway / she dropped a hefty art journal / onto the floor /...»
«Over the meadows, beyond the mountains, / there once lived a painter called Klee, / and he sat on his own on a path / with various bright-coloured crayons. He drew rectangles and he drew hooks, / an imp in a light-blue shirt, / Africa, stars, a child on a platform, / wild beasts where S...»
«You're not alone. You haven't died, / while you still,beggar-woman at your side, / take pleasure in the grandeur of the plain, / the gloom, the cold,the whirlwinds of snow. In sumptuous penury, in mighty poverty / live comforted and at rest — / your days and nights are blest, / your s...»
«I'll say this in a whisper, in draft, / because it's early yet: / we have to pay / with experience and sweat / to learn the sky's free play. And under purgatory's temporal sky / we easily forget: / the dome of heaven / is a home / to praise forever, wherever.»