Phedra (Jonas Aistis Poems)
That evening, rivers overflowed!Their banks did not hold space enough.Carefree, the sun departed past the seaon a golden bridge.That evening, ...
Jonas Aistis Poems (22 Poems)
Sometimes (Jonas Aistis Poems)
Sometimes I'll sit there all eveningAnd not find one word.Yet some nights are filled with rhyme schemes,Sonnets and rondeaus!I saw ...
The King’s Dog (Jonas Aistis Poems)
The king's dog died. Such a good doggieOnly the best of dogs could be.The king called all his court togetherTo ...
Prologue (Jonas Aistis Poems)
My green youth, poisoned!But not by chin, or eyes, or hair:By pinewoods, with a healthy blue dose,And fields, one nice ...
The Partisan’s Funeral (Jonas Aistis Poems)
Crows croak standing in a circle, dogs fight,With terrified, hysterical voicesTreetops squeal as they toss in the wind,And you lie ...
Saying Goodbye (Jonas Aistis Poems)
You didn't see how fine a snowSnowed from the apple tree.And I was sure my poems wouldGet through to you, ...
St. Francis (Jonas Aistis Poems)
The image of the evening is so ascetic.It is sad but good, my Lord!Around the sun St.Francis' wounds,The lilac trees ...
The Cuckoo (Jonas Aistis Poems)
This little bird flew in, beating its wingsStraight for the orchard.O what white snow fell from the cherry tree, then!Soon ...
Photograph (Jonas Aistis Poems)
Right away it felt oddTo be left alone like that:Stripped, and robbed;With the look of a hardened con.I suffered, took ...
Saint Sebastian (Jonas Aistis Poems)
I trembled; eyes uplifted, I deploredThat agony might break my will at last -One arrow here, the first to strike, ...
Intimate Ballad (Jonas Aistis Poems)
Early morningFlowers showeredTheir fine spray in diamond drops,While the sky was blood and wax.You said!When night's tar seals inToday's cuts,We'll ...
Of Autumn And A Dog (Jonas Aistis Poems)
Beyond the forest and the fields,past the blue seas and their white foam,a step-mother drove a princess out,drove her away ...
The Rose (Jonas Aistis Poems)
I never saw all that much bloodRush in on any wound, or evening before rain,As on the lips and cheeks ...
Interrupted Prayer (Jonas Aistis Poems)
All night, the waves kept their edges keenAgainst hard stone, night's blackness.Lord, don't give up on me in this desperate ...
One Drop Of Blood (Jonas Aistis Poems)
One drop of blood would have cleansed you,But in your misery you missed it,And though we drew our strength from ...
The Orchard Currant (Jonas Aistis Poems)
The orchard currant grewTeardrops on each stem.Our love was so holy,We told no one.It was blue autumn then,When cherry trees ...
On The Avenue (Jonas Aistis Poems)
Once, the wind rushing past stirred up only dust.People walked by like shades at twilight.The street feels drained, there must ...
Evening Silence (Jonas Aistis Poems)
It's calm, only the leaves of a lone aspenAbruptly and unanimously riseAnd down again they flutter faintly gaspingLike tie-on butterflies...Our ...
I Surrendered To You (Jonas Aistis Poems)
I surrendered to youA piece torn from my youth.You'd say: one day chases anotherLike a boat in a storm, broken ...
Clouds (Jonas Aistis Poems)
Clouds now lie low, real low.Black, heavy clouds.I drank sweet lifeFrom the cups of your hands.And it looked all clear.Yet ...
There Are Quiet Nights (Jonas Aistis Poems)
There are quiet nightsBore you stiff with silence,There are people livingAs though dead,All kinds of desiresStay quiet inside them,The way ...
Andante (Jonas Aistis Poems)
Swollen waters rustle,Pour onto shore, -The crystal skylarkVibrates heaven's vault...And black birch twigsBristle with budsAnd nightingale songsGush through the night... ...