Sonnet Selection: poems


with eight Rilke lyrics translated

Akros, 2007

  • Index
  • All poems as PDF
  • INCH-SPACE OF THE HEART
    A Sonnet-Sequence
  • PROLOGUE: EXTRAVAGANZA
  • DISPELLS
  • LOVE GAINSAID
  • THE CANVAS
  • LOVE'S BAPTISM
  • ALCHEMICAL SONNET
  • GRACED WITH LIGHT
  • THE COST
  • BATTLEFIELD
  • SHELL-SHOCKED
  • PUNCTUATION
  • LOST POEM
  • CREDITS
  • DEBITS
  • BIRTHDAY WISH
  • ANOTHER BIRTHDAY
  • CLASSICAL FORM
  • DO NOT APOLOGISE
  • HARD AND FAST
  • POETIC SENSE
  • CRUCIFIED
  • REFLECTIONS ON WAKING: EASTER DAY
  • LAST ATTEMPT
  • LOVE'S REASONING
  • CODA: MISUNDERSTANDING
  • EPILOGUE
  • THE GARDENER
  • TRANSVERBERATION
  • THE GREAT OAK
  • THE MAGIC APPLE TREE
  • MAN AND NATURE

    Eight Rilke lyrics translated

  • SINCE DELIGHT HAS WINGED YOU
  • MAGIC
  • I LOVE THE DARK HOURS OF MY BEING
  • I LIVE MY LIFE IN WIDENING RINGS
  • GRANT ME, OH EARTH
  • NOT TO BE CUT OFF
  • WERE IT NOW TIME
  • NIGHT SKY AND FALLING STARS