I believe I saw this here, but I'd love to see more of her work:
Kiss My Knuckles While I Hold Your Soul - Laala Kashef Alghata
I write beauty like light in glass, fleeting and unique. I want to catch your tears and put a stop to the sadness that threatens to envelope us and propel us into obscurity. So kiss my knuckles while I hold your soul and let us see what comfort we can give our aching hearts.
I told the world to cry diamonds because that’s how much pain is worth and as your eyes dropp I catch a gem, note its radiance,1.28 carats
of distress resting in my hand like thunder.
I smile into your mouth, my remedy to your every malady, let my eyes scream laughter and let my gaze fall on you. You tilt your head back and I bow my body down.
I take your fingers in mine and between us we’re clasping your so soul tightly it begins to bleed. You say, look how I hurt.
I say, yes, but dear, most wisdom stems from pain.
And I'm always happy to see more Richard Siken and Kim Addonizio, anywhere, ever.
By the side of an old woman who is dying in a corrider no one stands
Staring at the ceiling for so many days already she writes in the air with her finger
There are no tears no laments no wringing of hands not enough angels on duty
Some deaths are polite and quiet as if somebody gave up his place in a crowded tram
(Translated by David Curzon and Grazyna Drabik)
Personally, I'd like to read more works of Li Li-Young and Anna Kamienska. I don't know many poems, but it's always nice to read something quiet. Exceptindreams is a joy to me, thank you for sharing with us :)
I'm a big fan of Langston Huges. He wrote quite a bit beyond what was probably covered in your high school classes. I have a "complete works" collections, and it's something like 600 pages long. I'm sure you could find something there. He gets pretty angry and gruesome at times, and incredibly sad at others. Man had a crazy troubled life, but I guess you could say that of a lot of poets.
Arthur Rimbaud is a famous French poet, fairly modern, who gets translated a lot. Pablo Neruda might be good as well, but I think you've already posted some of his stuff? He's a native Spanish speaker, although I can't remember at the moment what country he comes from.
I'm sure Google and/or a good librarian could point you towards collections of poetry by all kinds of groups.
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Kiss My Knuckles While I Hold Your Soul - Laala Kashef Alghata
I write beauty like light in glass,
fleeting and unique. I want to catch
your tears and put a stop to the sadness
that threatens to envelope us
and propel us into obscurity. So kiss my knuckles
while I hold your soul and let us see
what comfort we can give our aching hearts.
I told the world to cry diamonds
because that’s how much pain is worth
and as your eyes dropp I catch a gem,
note its radiance,1.28 carats
of distress resting in my hand like thunder.
I smile into your mouth, my remedy
to your every malady, let my eyes
scream laughter and let my gaze fall
on you. You tilt your head back
and I bow my body down.
I take your fingers in mine and between
us we’re clasping your so soul tightly
it begins to bleed. You say, look how I hurt.
I say, yes, but dear, most wisdom stems from pain.
And I'm always happy to see more Richard Siken and Kim Addonizio, anywhere, ever.
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By the side of an old woman
who is dying in a corrider
no one stands
Staring at the ceiling
for so many days already
she writes in the air with her finger
There are no tears no laments
no wringing of hands
not enough angels on duty
Some deaths are polite and quiet
as if somebody gave up his place
in a crowded tram
(Translated by David Curzon and Grazyna Drabik)
Personally, I'd like to read more works of Li Li-Young and Anna Kamienska. I don't know many poems, but it's always nice to read something quiet.
Exceptindreams is a joy to me, thank you for sharing with us :)
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Arthur Rimbaud is a famous French poet, fairly modern, who gets translated a lot. Pablo Neruda might be good as well, but I think you've already posted some of his stuff? He's a native Spanish speaker, although I can't remember at the moment what country he comes from.
I'm sure Google and/or a good librarian could point you towards collections of poetry by all kinds of groups.
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