Afternoon Poems – MADHU MALTI

Black Beans ( Schwarze Bohnen ) : Sarah Kirsch ( German ) : Anne Stokes ( English Translation ) : : Afternoon Poems : :

Schwarze Bohnen /Black Beans : : German Poem By Sarah Kirsch (1935 – 2013), : : Translated in to English, in the year 2014 By Prof. Anne Stokes , Ph. D. ( German Literature ) , Ohio State University. : : * ©️ Carcanet Press/From theguardian.com- Educational Purposes only. : : : : : :Continue reading “Black Beans ( Schwarze Bohnen ) : Sarah Kirsch ( German ) : Anne Stokes ( English Translation ) : : Afternoon Poems : :”

Afternoons : Philip Larkin : : Afternoon Poems : :

Afternoons: : By Philip Larkin : : Summer is fading:The leaves fall in ones and twosFrom trees borderingThe new recreation ground.In the hollows of afternoonsYoung mothers assembleAt swing and sandpitSetting free their children. 8 Behind them, at intervals,Stand husbands in skilled trades,An estateful of washing,And the albums, letteredOur Wedding, lyingNear the television:Before them, the windIsContinue reading “Afternoons : Philip Larkin : : Afternoon Poems : :”

Afternoon : Dorothy Parker : ( 1 ) : : Video Song of Dorothy Parker : ( 2 ) Afternoon Poems : :

https://youtu.be/QJLVPWZqtTY Afternoon : By Dorothy Parker , Long Branch / New Jersey : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : When I am old, and comforted,And done with this desire,With Memory to share my bedAnd Peace to share my fire, I’ll comb my hair in scalloped bandsBeneathContinue reading “Afternoon : Dorothy Parker : ( 1 ) : : Video Song of Dorothy Parker : ( 2 ) Afternoon Poems : :”

Afternoon on a Hill : Edna St. Vincent Millay : : Afternoon Poems : :

Afternoon on a Hill : : Edna St. Vincent Millay ( 1892 – 1950 ) : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : I will be the gladdest thing Under the sun! 2I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one. 4 I will look atContinue reading “Afternoon on a Hill : Edna St. Vincent Millay : : Afternoon Poems : :”

Afternoon : Pierre Reverdy ( French ) : Lydia Davis ( Translation ) : : Afternoon Poems : :

AfternoonBY PIERRE REVERDYTRANSLATED BY LYDIA DAVISIn the morning that comes up behind the roof, in the shelter of the bridge, in the corner of the cypresses that rise above the wall, a rooster has crowed. In the bell tower that rips the air with its shining point, the notes ring out and already the morningContinue reading “Afternoon : Pierre Reverdy ( French ) : Lydia Davis ( Translation ) : : Afternoon Poems : :”

Afternoon : T S Eliot : : Afternoon Poems : :

Afternoon : : By T S Eliot : The ladies who are interested in Assyrian artGather in the hall of the British Museum. 2The faint perfume of last year’s tailor suits 3And the steam from drying rubber overshoes 4 And the green and purple feathers on their hats 5 Vanish in the sombre Sunday afternoonContinue reading “Afternoon : T S Eliot : : Afternoon Poems : :”

The Afternoon Sun : C P Cavafy : ( 1 ) : Video Song in Greek With English Subtitles : Music by Yannis Petritsis : ( 2 ) : : Afternoon Poems : :

https://youtu.be/Tx5ahIjOU3I The Afternoon Sun : : Constantine Peter Cavafy (1863-1933) : : Translated by Edmund Keeley : : : : : : : : : : : : This room, how well I know it.Now they’re renting it, and the one next to it,as offices. The whole house has becomean office building for agents, businessmen,Continue reading “The Afternoon Sun : C P Cavafy : ( 1 ) : Video Song in Greek With English Subtitles : Music by Yannis Petritsis : ( 2 ) : : Afternoon Poems : :”

Last Lesson of the Afternoon : D H Lawrence : : Afternoon Poems : :

Last Lesson Of The Afternoon : : By D. H. Lawrence ( 1885–1930 ) : : : : : : : : : When will the bell ring, and end this weariness?How long have they tugged the leash, and strained apart,My pack of unruly hounds! I cannot startThem again on a quarry of knowledge theyContinue reading “Last Lesson of the Afternoon : D H Lawrence : : Afternoon Poems : :”

There’s a certain Slant of light : Emily Dickinson : : Afternoon Poems : :

There’s a certain Slant of light, (320) : : BY EMILY DICKINSON ( December 10 1830 – May 15, 1886 ) There’s a certain Slant of light,Winter Afternoons –That oppresses, like the HeftOf Cathedral Tunes – Heavenly Hurt, it gives us –We can find no scar,But internal difference –Where the Meanings, are – None mayContinue reading “There’s a certain Slant of light : Emily Dickinson : : Afternoon Poems : :”

The Lotos-Eaters : Alfred, Lord Tennyson : : Afternoon Poems : :

The Lotos-eatersBY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON“Courage!” he said, and pointed toward the land,“This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon.”In the afternoon they came unto a landIn which it seemed always afternoon.All round the coast the languid air did swoon,Breathing like one that hath a weary dream.Full-faced above the valley stood the moon;And like a downwardContinue reading “The Lotos-Eaters : Alfred, Lord Tennyson : : Afternoon Poems : :”