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“It's true enough I come from an ape, and at least twice a day return, Chasing my tail, dizzy with intuition...”

Book:Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke

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Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke

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Theodore Roethke

Theodore Roethke was an American poet known for his deep emotions and rich imagination. His poetry often explores themes of human emotion and the natural world, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“C10 (or the king's carolers – from student times) on the side stairway, we gather in the evening, many the cold cement steps welcome us as if we were the king's carolers we have mulled wine and dry snacks the orange guitar stretches and warps in the candlelight we take another drag from the cigarette, nibble on sticks and salty biscuits happiness pricks our veins with Burmese nails One floor below, behind the door 'Mr. Blues - Don't Disturb' the tasty rot of jazz caresses our toes We sin in thought, our minds dangling from the railing later, the Serbs come to sing with us Golden-haired like gods from a bombed country we scratch the wall with our nails, don’t know what to say they bring us wafers with fruits and chocolate wrapped in green foil the second evening we gather again on the side stairway with the same mulled wine and dry snacks and the same us the old rockers hanging heavy on the guitar’s body at the midnight office.”

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Book:Orbul de la Cină

Source: Orbul de la Cină

“nu știu de ce timpul se plimbă azi prin fața noastră blând și nisipos ca femeile poeților. în toate cântecele mă vrea. poate tu mă vrei primi o clipă în Andaluzia ta în care astăzi n-a murit nimeni.”

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Book:Orbul de la Cină

Source: Orbul de la Cină

“wait for me in a song! if you’ve come to dinner, release your dogs, pour the wine into the sky, for all the longing ghosts of the grapes (...)”

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Book:Orbul de la Cină

Source: Orbul de la Cină

“cu noi timpul tace lung ca un câine mort după luna desenată de un copil cuminte pe asfalt.”

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Book:Orbul de la Cină

Source: Orbul de la Cină

“cineva cânta și era singur. pentru noi te scriai cu litere mici să nu știm. din asprimile sângelui din nopțile vulturilor începuse muzica aceea pe care n-am auzit-o. strugurii-și strigă vinul, străinul (...)”

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Book:Orbul de la Cină

Source: Orbul de la Cină

“Der Tod das ist die kühle Nacht, Das Leben ist der schwüle Tag. Es dunkelt schon, mich schläfert, Der Tag hat mich müd gemacht.”

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Author:Heinrich Heine

“Sommermittag am See Der Mittag träumt. Der See bewegt sich träge. Im einsam weißen Haus klagt das Klavier. Die Uhr macht langsam ihre Stundenschläge. Auf heißem Stein sonnt sich ein Katzentier. Im Strandbad lassen sich die Menschen schmoren, es riecht so sommerlich nach Holz und Teer. Man fühlt sich ohne Pflichten, weltverloren, und spürt den nahen Süden und sein Meer.”

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Author:Max Hermann-Neisse

“And when next I feel the dawn’s light, I open my hand and set the butterfly free, Knowing she does not appear every night, When sleep abandons me”

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Book:What Lies Beyond: And Other Poetry by Natalie Miller

Source: What Lies Beyond: And Other Poetry by Natalie Miller

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