Week 2 - Stages By Herman Hesse - a Second Translation Revised
...As ev’ry flower wilts and ev’ry youngster 11
Must age, so manifests each stage of living, 11
All wisdom blossoms too and ev’ry virtue 11
Enjoys its time, and cannot last forever. 11
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Categories:
lebens, journey, life, poetry, writing,
Form: Verse
Week 2 - Brian's Poet of Note - 'Herman Hesse'
...Brian’s Poet of Note – ‘Herman Hesse’ Week 2
This week I thought I would discuss translating poetry from another language. I just finished retranslating from German this poem ‘Stufen’ from Hesse’s...
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Categories:
lebens, poetry, poets, writing,
Form: Didactic
Villanelle: Who But Great Powers Make World Look Like Market Place
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Villanelle : Who but Great Powers make World look like market place
Who but Great Powers make World look like market place
The crib courtyards of Russia China and US
Who reigns in the Uni...
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Categories:
lebens, character, conflict, history, leadership,
Form: Villanelle
Capers of Life
...Kapriolen des Lebens / Capers of Life / Las cabriolas de vida
Kapriolen des Lebens
Genauso wie fernes Irrlicht
In Vergangenheit
The capers of life
Like a far distant ghost light
In thos...
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Categories:
lebens, philosophy
Form: Senryu
Scherben Des Lebens/ the Shards of Life/ Los Fragmentos De La Vida
...Die Scherben des Lebens lassen sich nicht kitten. (German)
The shards of the life cannot be cemented. (English)
Los fragmentos de la vida no se puede enmasillar. (Spanish)
Les éclats de v...
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Categories:
lebens, philosophy
Form: Monoku
Atacama / German Version
...Atacama, Eden der Winde,
Blume der einsamen Steine und des Salpeters,
Heimstatt der Flamingos und der Geysire,
und über allem,
unter einem azurenem und tiefem Himmel
tragen die Berge auf i...
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Categories:
lebens, history
Form: Free verse