This was once a love poem,
before its haunches thickened, its breath grew short
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: ageing, anthropomorphization, Jane Hirshfield, loneliness, love poetry, poems about poetry, poignant, unsettling
This was once a love poem,
before its haunches thickened, its breath grew short
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: ageing, anthropomorphization, Jane Hirshfield, loneliness, love poetry, poems about poetry, poignant, unsettling
Loneliness like a good, old friend visits my house to pour wine in the evening. And we sit together, waiting for the moon, and for your face to sparkle in every shadow. – Faiz Ahmed Faiz Postscript: Maudlin, as some good love poetry is. You can read more Faiz that we’ve run on this site […]
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: Faiz Ahmed Faiz, loneliness, love poetry, translation, Urdu
She was a girl
no one ever chose
for teams or clubs
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: loneliness, music, poignant, Robert Phillips