«I have deserved the gratitude of Italy. / I have contributed to their history, / To people, art and culture, by and large: / I gave them snow. And plenty. Free of charge. Italians, captured on the River Don, / Were packed and convoyed in a cattle car / All starved and thirsty, barely hang...»
«When finally the war is won / Its gain is only for the winner. / But for the soldier's lonely widow / For nights on end, the war goes on. The winner meets his glory days; / The widow's dreary days are creeping — / Into her nights the cold is seeping / From one of countless nameless gr...»
«While the dolphin and the sea-horse / Played silly games together, / The ocean beat against the cliffs / And washed the cliffs with its water. / The scary water moaned and cried. / The stars shone. Years went by. Then the horrid hour came: / I am no more, and so are you, / The sea is ...»
«In Germany once lived a censor / of lowly rank and title. / He blotted, struck and cancelled / and knew no other no other calling. He sniffed out harmful diction / and smeared it with Indian ink. / He guarded minds from infection / and his bosses valued his work. On a winter day in for...»