Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830.
The language is unperfected
A poem by Kirmen Uribe, translated from Basque by Elizabeth Macklin
Carel de Vogelaer (1653–1695), ‘En blomsterkrans’ (‘A Wreath of Flowers’), 1668–1695, public domain.
bad verses just never end
A poem by Arthur Rimbaud, translated from French by Wyatt Mason
It was immensely hot this I must tell you
Poet: Tomaž Šalamun Translator: Joshua Beckman Language: Slovenian Region: Slovenia It was immensely hot this I must tell you One Poem: "Gobice" / "Little Mushrooms" Tomaž Šalamun (July 4, 1941…
Maja Ruznic, Daughter (ochre), 2021, courtesy of the artist.
I can still see you: an echo
Poems by Paul Celan, translated from German by Pierre Joris
Odilon Redon, I saw a flash of light, large and pale, 1896. Metropolitan Museum.
The greater part of death comes over me
A poem by Francisco de Quevedo, translated from Spanish by Pamela Greenberg
Édouard Vuillard, Woman by the Window, 1898.
In those days, I still lived. I hadn’t burned out
Three poems by Yang Xiaobin, translated from Chinese by Canaan Morse
Vincent Van Gogh, Shoes, 1988. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
nothing matters except having clean hands
A poem by Aleksey Porvin, translated from Russian by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler
The fresco mural Prometheus by José Clemente Orozco in Frary Dining Hall at Pomona College, 1930.
the year 1957 in used clothes
Two poems by Afrizal Malna, translated from Indonesian by Daniel Owen
Peder Balke, The Stormy Sea, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway, c. 1870.
I can’t bury my heart anywhere on this earth
Two poems by Sister Claudia Lee Hae-in, translated from Korean by Esther Kim and Paige Aniyah Morris