Poetry – Page 2 – Carra Lucia Books

Two Butterflies went out at Noon – Emily Dickinson

theFerkelAugust 21, 2019

Emily Dickinson possessed the gift of mystic vision, and that vision is displayed brilliantly in this fantabulous little poem that offers a little drama of two butterflies on a magical flight. Two Butterflies went outContinue reading

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Tulips BY SYLVIA PLATH

theFerkelAugust 19, 2019

The tulips are too excitable, it is winter here. Look how white everything is, how quiet, how snowed-in. I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly As the light lies on these white walls, thisContinue reading

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Rain BY EDWARD THOMAS – Poetry

theFerkelAugust 16, 2019

Rain, midnight rain, nothing but the wild rain On this bleak hut, and solitude, and me Remembering again that I shall die And neither hear the rain nor give it thanks For washing me cleanerContinue reading

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A Child Of Mine By Edgar Guest

theFerkelJuly 5, 2019

I will lend you, for a little time, A child of mine, He said. For you to love the while he lives, And mourn for when he's dead. (more…)

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One Sister Have I In Our House By Emily Dickinson

theFerkelJune 24, 2019

One Sister have I in our house, And one, a hedge away. There's only one recorded, But both belong to me. (more…)

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When I Die I Want Your Hands On My Eyes By Pablo Neruda

theFerkelJune 22, 2019

When I die I want your hands on my eyes: I want the light and the wheat of your beloved hands to pass their freshness over me one more time to feel the smoothness thatContinue reading

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Before Summer Rain – Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke

theFerkelJune 20, 2019

Suddenly, from all the green around you, something-you don't know what-has disappeared; you feel it creeping closer to the window, in total silence. From the nearby wood you hear the urgent whistling of a plover,Continue reading

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Antonia Pozzi – Sublime voice of the twentieth century – Restless soul, vibrant with poetry

theFerkelJune 14, 2019

Who’ll sell me a flower today? I have so many in my heart: but all clasped in heavy bunches – trampled – done in. (more…)

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Antonia Pozzi – Modesty (1933)

theFerkelJune 12, 2019

If a word of mine pleases you and you tell me even just with your eyes I open wide in a joyful smile – but I tremble like a young mother who even blushes whenContinue reading

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Rumi Kaur – Milk and Honey Poetry

theFerkelJune 7, 2019

I've had the biggest pleasure of picking up a poetry book which left me shaken and in awe of the raw talent I saw. (more…)