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A Poem by Black Branches

You closed the black doors,like a sealed templeif such a thing exists.You made your dwelling in various dark hearts,slipped into a locked latch.Dry le..

The State

A Poem by Black Branches

The caricatures of our soul, Trapped within white walls, Sinking into the slumber of morning. Trees, of which we are the mothers, Or perhaps wild ..

Something New

A Poem by Black Branches

Often we yearn to leave the city's pavements behind,To go where calm is deeper,Where we will be loved more.We will delight in the metaphors of fallen ..

The Goat

A Poem by Black Branches

Goats fallen into the ravine Their blood on the rocks, Every moment is dangerous, A herald of death, A goat lying down To rest on the rocky hill,..

Cold

A Poem by Black Branches

The wind flutters your black cloak,You smoke a cigaretteWith a hand frozen from the cold,The red fragments of your heartAre piled beneath your feet,Yo..

Black Bird

A Poem by Black Branches

Fly away black bird, perhaps you’ll encounter a carcass or someone kind will offer it to you. You’ll hide in the dry bushes with food,..

The Sea

A Poem by Black Branches

I was simply singing, watching red poppies in the field, thinking of nothing, just remembering the sea of my childhood, as Banville does in h..

Calmness

A Poem by Black Branches

Somewhere far away meadows,a small spring,the sound of a lyre,smiling people.In cornfields, peasants working.I searched for a medicinal herb.

Trees

A Poem by Black Branches

We brought saplings of trees,radiant peach, apple.We nurtured them, they bore divine fruit.I wanted to export them, but in vain,says the farmer from G..

Mental

A Poem by Black Branches

You talk to everyone, everyone in your heart, But you’re not a god, You’re just a woman sitting in a subway car, talking to herself. Yo..