Monthly Archives: May 2008

By Sujata Bhatt (biography in Wikipedia) 1 Great Pan is not dead;he simply emigratedto India.Here, the gods roam freely,disguised as snakes or monkeys;every tree is sacredand it is a sinto be rude to a book.It is a sin to shove … Continue reading →

By Adrian Henri (biography in Wikipedia) Tonight at noonSupermarkets will advertise 3p extra on everythingTonight at noonChildren from happy families will be sent to live in a homeElephants will tell each other human jokesAmerica will declare peace on RussiaWorld War … Continue reading →

By William Shakespeare (biography in Wikipedia) Let me not to the marriage of true minds     Admit impediments. Love is not love     Which alters when it alteration finds,     Or bends with the remover to remove:     O, no! … Continue reading →

By John Donne (biography in Wikipedia) I wonder by my troth, what thou, and I     Did, till we lov’d? were we not wean’d till then?     But suck’d on countrey pleasures, childishly?     Or snorted we in the seaven … Continue reading →

By Andrew Marvell (biography in Wikipedia) Had we but world enough, and time,     This coyness, Lady, were no crime     We would sit down and think which way     To walk and pass our long love’s day.     Thou … Continue reading →

By Dylan Thomas (biography in Wikipedia) In my craft or sullen artExercised in the still nightWhen only the moon ragesAnd the lovers lie abedWith all their griefs in their arms,I labour by singing lightNot for ambition or breadOr the strut … Continue reading →

By Robert Browning (biography in Wikipedia) I SAID—Then, dearest, since ’tis so,     Since now at length my fate I know,     Since nothing all my love avails,     Since all, my life seem’d meant for, fails,       Since … Continue reading →

By Matthew Arnold  (biography in Wikipedia) The sea is calm tonight.The tide is full, the moon lies fairUpon the straits; on the French coast the lightGleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil … Continue reading →

By WH Auden (biography in Wikipedia) Time will say nothing; but I told you so,Time only knows the price we have to pay;If I could tell you I would let you know. If we should weep when clowns put on … Continue reading →