Translation of Platen's Sonnet Number 58b
...AC Benus translation of "Indeß ich hier im Grünen mich erfreue"
by August von Platen
While I delight myself here in the green wood,
I call unto the barely sentient things:
Come you birds, O c...
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Categories:
platen, bird, butterfly, environment, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Translation of Platen's Sonnet Number 57
...AC Benus translation of "O süßer Tod"
by August von Platen
O mellifluous death, who stiffens most men,
You've received but artless tribute from my tongue,
For often I've yearned for you since...
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Categories:
platen, death, sad, sweet,
Form: Sonnet
Karen Anderson Is
...(this poem was inspired by the three word title, which was stamped upon a vintage typewriter platen that I recently purchased.)
Karen Anderson is…
stamped upon my platen, forever to be seen.
I...
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Categories:
platen, dream, feelings, life, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Pressed
...he stands amid the dusted rays
of beams from smudged, windowed days
casting light on the words below
pressed flat upon papered page
he's been here since before sun up
stained and smelling of turpent...
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Categories:
platen, education, history, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Quatrain