Sometimes,
I wonder why I don't 
think of you anymore.
Your soul wanders
far away from mine.

And some other times,
I think, well into the night,
about you, your smile, your
voice keeps ringing in
my ears.

Far away, a nightingale 
sings of her lost love, her
forgotten tragedy, while
the moon, silently, walks
across the sky.

I now sit here, in this
damp cellar, cold ( Read more... )

If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school.
The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool.
A crumb of cake would be a feast
And last you seven days at least,
A flea would be a frightening beast
If you were one inch tall.

If you were only one inch tall, you'd walk beneath the door,
And it would take about a month to get down to ( Read more... )

Pablo Neruda,for most of you.

It was the nightfall of the iguana 
from his rainbow-colored crest 
his tongue like a dart 
sank into the greenery 
The monastic ant colony stepped 
with musical feet through the jungle. 
The wild llama, as delicate as oxygen 
in the wide brown high country 
went walking in his golden boots 
while the tame llama opened ( Read more... )

It was many and many a year ago,
   In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
   By the name of ANNABEL LEE;--
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
   Than to love and be loved by me.
She was a child and I was a child,
   In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love--
   I and my ( Read more... )

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