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Ilona Lay:Longing
In our new section, ‘Sung Poems,’ we now present selected poems by Ilona Lay that have been set to music. We begin with ‘Longing.’ LONGINGA grey day,seemingly impenetrablethe shroud of the clouds.But then,all of a sudden,a portal opens in the cloudsand you escape through space and time.The pale canyons of…
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Ilona Lay: In the Ancient Garden
In the Ancient Garden The dusk approaching like a timid horseand birches whispering serenely,hyacinths that on a bridgeof scents stretch out into the nightin the garden, in the ancient garden,when the voices of the feast fell silent. The moonlight opening a hidden gateand brooks embarking on a secret journey,crickets that…
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Ilona Lay: Early Morning
Early Morning Dreamily Mother Earth lolls in her sleepunder the clumsy embrace of the winds,her shivering shell still wrappedin the garment of the clouds. Winking between the pine stairs,the eye of the moon gazes at her.On the misty ponds, water liliesnestle shyly against its wings. Glittering between the trembling leaves,the…
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Longing
Longing A grey day,seemingly impenetrablethe shroud of the clouds. But then,all of a sudden,a portal opens in the cloudsand you escape through space and time. The pale canyons of housesturn into blooming mountain valleys,deep below youlife lazily meanders. And you are a raven,calmly spreading your wingson your summit crossand serenely…
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Robert de Souza: Le sommeil des cygnes (Sleeping Swans)
The work of the French poet Robert de Souza (1864 – 1946) has been unjustly fallen into oblivion. This can be exemplified by his poem Le sommeil des cygnes (The Sleep of the Swans / Sleeping Swans). It is obviously inspired by symbolism, but has a meditative tone all of…
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