Zbigniew Herbert Head Poems
- 1. Three Poems By Heart
I
I can't find the title
of a memory about you
... - 2. From The Top Of The Stairs
Of course
those who are standing at the top of the stairs
know
they know everything
... - 3. Daedalus And Icarus
Daedalus says:
Go on sonny but remember that you are walking and not flying
the wings are just an ornament and you are stepping on a meadow
... - 4. The Trial
During his great speech the prosecutor
kept piercing me with his yellow index finger
I'm afraid I didn't appear self-assured
unintentionally I put on a mask of fear and depravity
... - 5. Lament
<i>To the memory of my mother</i>
And now she has over her head brown clouds of roots
a slim lily of salt on the temples beads of sand
... - 6. Elegy Of Fortinbras
To C. M.
Now that weâ??re alone we can talk prince man to man
though you lie on the stairs and see more than a dead ant
... - 7. How We Were Introduced
â??for perfidious protectors
I was playing in the street
no one paid attention to me
... - 8. A Ballad That We Do Not Perish
Those who sailed at dawn
but will never return
left their trace on a wave--
... - 9. I Would Like To Describe
I would like to describe the simplest emotion
joy or sadness
but not as others do
reaching for shafts of rain or sun
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