English Poetry

Laying you in the grave - Apr 2019 - Alex Alejandre

Laying you in the grave, my tears to stones Falling and moss, why don’t you open down?

Out from the depths - May 2016 - Alex Alejandre

Out from the depths they cry out birthing dust, Unread, forgotten beasts, benign with strife,

If no more numbers - Apr 2014 - Alex Alejandre

Here are 2 versions of Novalis' Wenn nicht mehr Zahlen und Figuren which I translated a while ago.

A trembling soul - May 2013 - Alex Alejandre

As laughing wavelets pull the cleansing dawn Across our souls to life long woebegone,

How long it has been - May 2012 - Alex Alejandre

How long it’s been, since I have played my part,

Of mist - Apr 2007 - Alex Alejandre

In ethereal veil of mist, Clouded to hide from all she is,

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard - May 1750 - Thomas Gray

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o’er the lea,