Posts tagged birds.

The poet imitates the voices of birds.

Zbigniew Herbert, trans. Alissa Valles.

#poet  #voices  #birds  #zbigniew herbert  
∞  December 06, 2011
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abandoned to the birds and the winds

abandoned to the birds and the winds

#psyche  #smoke  #soul  #wings  #birds  #winds  #eros  
∞  August 27, 2011
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she has turned to stone

she has turned to stone

#grave  #stone  #roses  #lilies  #hand  #birds  
∞  July 13, 2011
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I had long been the earth –
Arid, ochre, forlorn since birth –
But you fell on my chest by chance
From the beaks of birds, from eyes of grass.

Arseny Tarkovsky, trans. Philip Metres & Dimitri Psurtsev.

#arseny tarkovsky  #earth  #ochre  #beaks  #birds  #grass  #eyes  
∞  June 20, 2011
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I will speak to you in stone-language
(answer with a green syllable)
I will speak to you in snow-language
(answer with a fan of bees)
I will speak to you in water-language
(answer with a canoe of lightning)
I will speak to you in blood-language
(answer with a tower of birds)

Octavio Paz.

#octavio paz  #stone  #snow  #water  #blood  #language  #bees  #birds  
∞  June 19, 2011
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your mouth, with the speech of birds, carries twigs and feathers to my brow

your mouth, with the speech of birds, carries twigs and feathers to my brow

#mouth  #birds  #speech  #twigs  #feathers  #illuminated  #manuscript  
∞  March 30, 2011
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