Poetry Archives

W.H.Auden – As I Walked Out One Evening

As I Walked Out One Evening As I walked out one evening, Walking down Bristol Street, The crowds upon the pavement Were fields of harvest wheat. And down by the brimming river I heard a lover sing Under an arch… >>

C.P. Cavafy – Ithaca

As you set out for Ithaca Pray that your road is long full of adventure and knowledge The Lestrygonians and Cyclops and the fierce Poseidon, you will never meet If you do not carry them in your soul if you… >>

Odysseas Elytis – Marina of the rocks

Marina of the rocks An English version by Simon Darragh, in imitation of the Greek original. A taste of the storm on your lips — but you, You wandered all day the harsh dream of stone and sea. The eagle-bearing… >>

Nikos Kavvadias – MAL DU DEPART

MAL DU DEPART Always the perfect, unworthy lover of the endless voyage and azure ocean, I shall die one evening, like any other, without having crossed the dim horizon. For Madras, Singapore, Algeria, Sfax, the proud ships will still be… >>

Simon Darragh – Foreign Correspondence

Don’t trust the guide-book, or the map: one notes motorways, an airport, tower blocks; the other talks of earthquakes, shattered rocks, ruined houses sheltering wild goats. Routinely confi dent, to meet the need for fi rst-hand information, we despatched our… >>