The wall as a wave
“The iron hand it ain’t no match for the iron rod
The strongest wall will crumble and fall to a mighty God …”
(Bob Dylan in When he returns)
Rocourt (B)
A chair in snow is always sad
“… a chair is shaped for just one thing
to hold
a soul its quick and few bendable
hours
perhaps a king
not to hold snow
not to hold flowers”
(J. Hirshfield in A chair in snow)
Liège (B)
Prix et qualité
“All things are created by the Om;
The love-form is His body.
He is without form, without quality, without decay:
Seek thou union with Him!”
(R. Tagore in Songs of Kabir no. 26)
Wandre (B)
4 little tracks need a roof
“What’s the railroad to me?
I never go to see
Where it ends.
It fills a few hollows,
And makes banks for the swallows,
It sets the sand a-blowing,
And the blackberries a-growing.”
(H.D. Thoreau in What’s the railroad to me?)
Aachen (D)
A painted house is like a poem
“In the end, a finished polished piece…
Makes the artist, happy and at peace.
The work is finally done…
What hard work, finished-Now
feelings of enjoyed fun.”
(M. Gale in A painted house is like a poem)
Châtelet (B)