ALEXIS KARPOUZOS - POEMS
Day after day, my voyage ends,
the words die out on the tongue,
and the time come to take
shelter in a silent obscurity.
Day after day, my voyage ends,
the words die out on the tongue,
and the time come to take
shelter in a silent obscurity.
When I have ceased to break my wings Against the faultiness of things,
And learned that compromises wait Behind each hardly opened gate,
When I have looked Life in the eyes,
Grown calm and very coldly wise,
Philosophers must ultimately find their true perfection in knowing all the follies of mankind -by introspection
The road to wisdom
Well, it's
And simple to express:
Errand errand err again,but lessand lessand less
"Oh love is fair, and love is rare;" my dear one she said,"But love goes lightly over
" I bowed her foolish head,
And kissed her hair and laughed at her
Such a child was she;
"Ere God had built the mountains,
Or raised the fruitful hills;
Before he fill'd the fountains That feed the running rills;
In me from everlasting,
How instructive is a star
It can teach us from afar just how small each other are
Men loved wholly beyond
Have the staff without the banner
Like a fire in a dry
Rising within women's
We live in a universe that can be seen and experienced from many different perspectives. We therefore need to look at the universe from many different angles. Everything and everyone is a form of the universe being expressed in a particular way. I...
To meet God
You either need to cross borders of numerous countries
Of come to the temple.
His silver hair and blue eyes
You stand on the ground
And you keep pouring water
Into a huge jug.
You talk to yourself in your sleep.
He is on the throne.
His voice is as loud as the thunderstorm.
He rules his country
And keeps people happy.