Female Poets ? thinksermen

Forugh Farrokhzad: Another Birth (From Persian)

Another revision. This time with an added recording courtesy of the poet herself! Another Birth By Forugh Farrokhzad Translated by A.Z. Fore...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Chinese , Female Poets , Li Ye , Love Poems

Li Ye: A Loving Complaint (From Classical Chinese)

A Loving Complaint By Li Ye (Tang dynasty) Translated by A.Z. Foreman The people say the sea is deep. The love he gives me is that and more....

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Akhmatova , Female Poets , Russian

Anna Akhmatova: "They're not my kin who left the land" (From Russian)

If you speak Russian, then know that yes I do realize how much liberty I took with the last two lines. What can I say: English morphosyntax ...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Akhmatova , Female Poets , Feminism , Russian

Anna Akhmatova: Lot's Wife (From Russian)

Lot’s Wife By Anna Akhmatova Translated by A.Z. Foreman Click to hear me recite the original Russian But his wife looked back from behind hi...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Dutch , Female Poets

Esther Jansma: Fractal (From Dutch)

Fractal By Esther Jansma Translated by A.Z. Foreman In all of its components, a rose Is a rose, in every petal it is entire And the outlin...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Female Poets , Hebrew , Sonnet

Leah Goldberg: Pine (From Hebrew)

Note: Pine trees, mind you, are especially versatile and can thrive in snow as well as sand. Russia as well as Israel. Also, note that "...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Female Poets , Hebrew

Esther Raab: "Today I am Modest" (From Hebrew)

"Today I am Modest" By Esther Raab Translated by A.Z. Foreman Today I am modest as an animal, Spread flush as rainwashed fields. W...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Female Poets , Hebrew , Holocaust , Rachel Bluwstein

Rachel Bluwstein: My Dead (From Hebrew)

Rachel Bluwstein was born in Viatka in Russia and began life as a Russian poet. While on a detour from a trip to Italy to study art at unive...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Dalia Hertz , Female Poets , Hebrew

Dalia Hertz: A Day (From Hebrew)

A Day By Dalia Hertz Translated by A.Z. Foreman There are times when the days are ever so long. People wet as me stand in the yard. The tree...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Esperanto , Female Poets

Marjorie Boulton: Memnon (From Esperanto)

Memnon 1 By Marjorie Boulton Translated by A.Z. Foreman Click to hear me recite the original Esperanto A statue, stone in desert heat, On br...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Female Poets , French

Anne Hébert: Woman Bathing (From French)

Woman Bathing By Anne Hébert Translated by A.Z. Foreman Click to hear me recite the French Sun’s rain on the sea Red sun yellow sun White no...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Female Poets , Forugh Farrokhzad , Persian

Forugh Farrokhzad: The Gift (From Persian)

The Gift By Forugh Farrokhzād Translated by A.Z. Foreman Click to hear me recite the original in Persian Click to hear me recite this transl...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Female Poets , Hebrew

Yocheved Bat-Miriam: From "Cranes from the Threshold" (From Heberew)

In this poem, "you" refers to Russia, the poet's native land which she had to abandon in her youth From Cranes from the Thresh...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Chinese , Female Poets , Love Poems

Yu Xuanji: Love Letter to Lord Zian (From Classical Chinese)

Love-letter to Lord Zian, written in sadness while gazing into the distance at Jiangling By Lady Yu Xuanji Translated by A.Z. Foreman As map...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Female Poets , Hebrew , Rachel Bluwstein

Rachel Bluwstein: The Messenger (From Hebrew)

The Messenger By Rachel Bluwstein Translated by A.Z. Foreman Click to hear me recite the original Hebrew The messenger came in the night And...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021

Akhmatova , Female Poets , Russian

Akhmatova: Cleopatra (From Russian)

Cleopatra By Anna Akhmatova Translated by A.Z. Foreman A honeyed shade has covered The Alexandrian halls -Pushkin She has kissed Anthony'...

Okedeh 6 Jun, 2021