Ice Rink at the Natural History Museum
It's exactly six months since I arrived to London. To commemorate I'll leave you with two poems I saw on the Tube some of those days.
A Song for England
An' a so de rain a-fall
An' a so de snow a-rain
An' a so de fog a-fall
An' a so de sun a-fail
An' a so de seasons mix
An' a so de bag-o'-tricks
But a so me understan'
De misery o' de Englishman
By Andrew Salkey
Two Fragments
Love holds me captive again
and I tremble with bittersweet longing
As a gale on the mountainside bends the oak tree
I am rocked by my love
Sappho translated by Cicely Herbert
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