Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830.
The language is unperfected
A poem by Kirmen Uribe, translated from Basque by Elizabeth Macklin
Désiré Charnay, Ruinas de Kalmanalco, 1858.
what ancestral mercy
A poem by Pura López-Colomé, translated from Spanish by Jason Stumpf
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
Robert John Thornton, ‘The Night-Blowing Cereus,’ 1807, public domain.
what sky do I have to invent?
Six poems from Franco Loi’s Secundum Lüna, translated from Milanese by Guiliana Chamedes
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