Spring By Elfriede Jelinek Translated By Michael Hofmann april breath of  boyish red the tongue crushes strawberry dreams…

The Spring By Thomas Carew Now that the winter’s gone, the earth hath lost Her snow-white robes, and now no more the frost Candies the grass, or casts an icy cream Upon the silver lake or crystal stream; But the warm sun thaws the benumbed earth, And makes it…

At the Equinox By Arthur Sze The tide ebbs and reveals orange and purple sea stars. I have no theory of radiance,                 but after rain evaporates off pine needles, the needles glisten. In the courtyard, we…

Our Garden of Forever Poem by Hannah Morales Amid the blooms your hand finds mine,A bond eternal, pure and divine.Through gentle days and trials deepOur vows are roots that never sleep. Like butterflies in morning air,Our love takes flight beyond despair,No fleeting…

Ode on Adversity By Mary Darby Robinson WHERE o’er my head, the deaf’ning Tempest blew, And Night’s cold lamp cast forth a feeble ray; Where o’er the woodlands, vivid light’nings flew, Cleft the strong oak, and scorch’d the blossom’d spray; At morn’s approach, I mark…

Hymn To Adversity By Thomas Gray Daughter of Jove, relentless Power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and tort’ring hour The Bad affright, afflict the Best! Bound in thy adamantine chain The Proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple Tyrants…