Tag: dreams

  • Spring 1942

    And lo and behold Spring has indeed arrived – / Hey, sky – be joyful. Be joyful – / you’re fresh, newborn, and lie in a blue golden cradle / rocked by the gentle wind.

  • I Listened Closely to my Soul

    I listened closely to my soul, / and heard, from afar, the song / of men striding with purpose, / their steps ringing on the hard earth.

  • At the Tips of Trees

    At the tips of trees, days die, / at the tips of trees, magnificent dawns arise – / I am also a tree – and it will be the same for me.

  • Lovesongs

    On the red surface of the still waters / of my melancholy, / your submerged curly black head / came swimming out.

  • A Phrase About Man in an Old Holy Book

    Though Springtime, there was rain and snow, / and above the columns of night / grief clambered like a cat and terrorized all the roads. / I sat alone, leafing through an old holy book.

  • With the Night

    With the night my silky dreams dissolved. / With the night my quiet singing stopped. / With the day, my poem arrived swimming / on the storm with a fierce echoing sound.

  • Warding Off the Evil Eye Talk (Folk Style)

    Two gals sitting on a mossy stone / gab about God, grass, and the marvel of horseradish root / which in winter hides with the worm deep in the ground / until it detects the thunder’s sound.

  • Visiting my Mama

    – For so long have my eyes been seeking, / awaiting some letter of yours, my son – / in the nights my heart was wakeful / and quaking like a leaf in the wind.

  • Autumn

    Yakov (Dzhek) Gordon The sky today is a radiantpale blueand lamb-cloud white.The sun is smilingits last, sorrowful smile.

  • My Dream

    I had a sweet dream / still feel it so well, peace unfurled / peace has arrived peace is here / peace in the whole wide world