This poem, Bön till solen, appeared in Karin Boye’s fourth and final collection of poetry, För trädets skull (For the Tree’s Sake, 1935). (A fifth collection, De sjudödssynderna [The Seven Deadly Sins], was published posthumously in 1941.) This poem is… Read More ›
This poem by Anna de Noailles, from Les Forces éternelles (1921), explores themes of betrayal, isolation, and renewal. Its persona, or narrative voice, expresses frustration at finding oneself, after an implied moment of intimacy, alone beside a now somnolent lover…. Read More ›
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