Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Legend
The blacksmith's boy went out with a rifleand a black dog running behind.Cobwebs snatched at his feet,rivers hindered him,thorn branches caught at..
© Judith Wright
Five Senses
Now my five sensesgather into a meaningall acts, all presences;and as a lily gathersthe elements together,in me this dark and shining,that stillness..
© Judith Wright
The Old Prison
The rows of cells are unroofed,a flute for the wind's mouth,who comes with a breath of icefrom the blue caves of the south.O dark and fierce day:the..
© Judith Wright
Request To A Year
If the year is meditating a suitable gift,I should like it to be the attitudeof my great- great- grandmother,legendary devotee of the arts,who having..
© Judith Wright
Estuary
To Rex HobcroftWind crosshatches shallow water.Paddocks rest in the sea's arm.Swamphens race through spiky grass.A wire fence leans, a crazy..
© Gwen Harwood
Critic's Nightwatch
Once more he tried, before he slept,to rule his ranks of words. They brokefrom his planned choir, lolled, slouched and kepttheir tone, their pitch..
© Gwen Harwood
'Thought Is Surrounded By A Halo'
Show me the order of the world,the hard-edge light of this-is-soprior to all experienceand common to both world and thought,no model, but the truth..
© Gwen Harwood
Daybreak
The snails brush silver. Critic crowpoints his unpleasant beak, and lances.Resumes his treetop, darts belowhis acid-bright, corrosive glances.In the..
© Gwen Harwood
Dichterliebe
So hungry-sensitive that hecraves day and night the pap of praise,he'll ease his gripes or fingerpaintin heartsblood on a public page.The ordinary..
© Gwen Harwood
The Glass Jar
To Vivian SmithA child one summer's evening soakeda glass jar in the reeling sunhoping to keep, when day was doneand all the sun's disciples..
© Gwen Harwood
The Wound
The tenth day, and they givemy mirror back. Who knowshow to drink pain, and live?I look, and the glass showsthe truth, fine as a hair,of the..
© Gwen Harwood
Triste, Triste
In the space between love and sleepwhen heart mourns in its prisoneyes against shoulder keeptheir blood-black curtains tight.Body rolls back like a..
© Gwen Harwood
Last Meeting
Shadows grazing eastward meltfrom their vast sun-driven flocksinto consubstantial dusk.A snow wind flosses the bleak rocks,strips from the gums their..
© Gwen Harwood
Anniversary
So the light falls, and so it fellon branched leaved with flocking birds.Loght stole a citys weight to swellthe coloured lofe of stone. Your..
© Gwen Harwood
Barn Owl
Daybreak: the household slept.I rose, blessed by the sun.A horny fiend, I creptout with my father's gun.Let him dream of a childobedient..
© Gwen Harwood
In The Park
She sits in the park. Her clothes are out of date.Two children whine and bicker, tug her skirt.A third draws aimless patterns in the dirtSomeone she..
© Gwen Harwood
Epitaph on General Gordon
WARRIOR of God, man's friend, and tyrant's foeNow somewhere dead far in the waste Soudan,Thou livest in all hearts, for all men knowThis earth has..
© Gwen Harwood
A Wish for the Lunar Year
I wish you joy, I wish you peace,May all your troubles find release.May golden luck and laughter stay,And guide your heart in every way.May every..
© Lunar New Year
The Promise of a New Year
Each year begins with hope and cheer,A promise bright, both far and near.The Lunar New Year softly says,“Be brave, be kind, through all your..
© Lunar New Year
The Festival of Spring
The winds grow warm, the flowers bloom,The new year chases off the gloom.The markets shine with red and gold,As tales of luck and joy are told.We..
© Lunar New Year
Lanterns of Hope
Lanterns drift across the night,Softly glowing, pure and bright.Each one carries dreams untold,Of peace, of joy, of hearts of gold.They float so..
© Lunar New Year
A New Moon Rises
A new moon rises, soft and high,Painting silver in the sky.The old year fades without regret,The new one comes — our hearts are set.We clean our..
© Lunar New Year
The Dance of the Dragon
The dragon moves from street to street,Its shining scales, a sight so sweet.It twists and turns with pride and grace,Bringing good luck to every..
© Lunar New Year
The Spirit of the Lunar Year
The moon shines bright on this new night,The sky is calm, the stars are light.The world begins its dance again,With joy and peace for every..
© Lunar New Year
Chinese New Year
By Lynda HullThe dragon is in the street dancing beneath windows pasted with colored squares, past the manwho leans into the phone booth’s red..
© Lunar New Year