Platen Poems - Poems about Platen

...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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...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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...(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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...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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