Show and Tell: From the Dog-Eared Archives of Favourites

This show and tell, I have something really exciting to share with you - two poems that are very close to my heart.

The first one has fury-unrestrained of a broken heart, and the second one is sensuous, and very much so.

Poem I – by Anna Akhmatova – You Thought I Was That Type

You thought I was that type:
that you could forget me,
and that I'd plead and weep and throw myself
under the hooves of a bay mare,

or that I'd ask the sorcerers
for some magic potion made from roots
and send you a terrible gift:
my precious perfumed handkerchief.

Damn you! I will not grant
your cursed soul vicarious tears or a single glance.
And I swear to you by the garden of the angels,
I swear by the miracle-working ikon,
and by the fire and smoke of our nights:
I will never come back to you.

Poem II – by Orhan Veli Kanik – Spread Out

She's spread out;
Her skirt pulled up slightly;
She's lifted her arm, one can see her armpits;
And with one hand she's holding her breast;
I know, she thinks nothing
Evil by it,
I know;
Neither do I;
But how can a person,
A person lie like this?

I hope I introduced you to two poems, you would love to keep.

The rest of the charmers are here!

^WiseGuy^


Image: Ariadne by John William Waterhouse; Available at - http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/pictures/ariadne-1898/