Poetry

The Problem of Anxiety Fifty years have passed since I started living in those dark towns I was telling you about. Well, not much has changed. I still can’t figure out how to get from ...

Emperor Shirikawa Of the six fundamental disciplines, the observance of the commandments is considered the most important; of the ten commandments, the prohibition on the taking of life is the prime one. All living creatures ...

Yesterday Down at the Canal You say that everything is very simple and interesting it makes me feel very wistful, like reading a great Russian novel does i am terribly bored sometimes it is like ...

Herba Sancta I After long wars when comes release Not olive wands proclaiming peace Can import dearer share Than stems of Herba Santa hazed In autumn’s Indian air. Of moods they breathe that care disarm, ...

Prologue poem, addressed to Tullus Cynthia was the first. She caught me with her eyes, a fool who had never before been touched by desires. I really hung my head in shame when Love pressed ...