Poetry · Reflection
LIGHTHOUSE IN THE NIGHT ~ POEM BY ALFONSINA STORNI
7 August 2011
The sky a black sphere,
the sea a black disk.
The lighthouse opens
its solar fan on the coast.
Spinning endlessly at night,
whom is it searching for
when the mortal heart
looks for me in the chest?
Look at the black rock
where it is nailed down.
A crow digs endlessly
but no longer bleeds.
Alfonsina Storni
Continue reading
Related stories
Poetry · Reflection
JORGE LUIS BORGES ~ THE SUM
The silent friendliness of the moon (misquoting Virgil) accompanies you since that one night or evening lost in time now, on which your restless eyes first deciphered her forever in a garden or patio turned to dust. Forever? I know someone, someday will be able to tell you truthf
Read story
Poetry · Essay
Together In Our Endless Solitude ~ Paul Eluard
A poem by Paul Eluard “I cannot be known Better than you know me Your eyes in which we sleep We together Have made for my man’s gleam A better fate than for the common nights Your eyes in which I travel Have given to…
Read story