When Peonies Grow

 Miriam Alexandra Kovacs

October 2024

When peonies grow, the garden breathes anew,

Eternal love awakens in their hue.

Their petals soft, like secrets gently shared,

In every bloom, a promise long declared.

As sunlight spills and whispers through the leaves,

Our hearts entwine, a love that never grieves.

With every season, colors bold and bright

In this embrace, we find our light.

So let us tend this haven, hand in hand

For in this bond, we trace our everlasting land.

As long as flowers flourish

Miriam Alexandra Kovacs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Octubre 2024

As long as flowers grace the summer air,

Eternal love will flourish pure and fair.

Two iambic pentameters by Carla Crespo Pando

 

Carla Crespo Pando

                                                                                            October 2024

So Anne has shone as bright as sun and moon

As long as sun and light can kiss my heart.

A poem in iambic pentameters by Teodor Nicolae

 

Teodor Nicolae

                                                                         October 2024

I thought I was on top of all the world,

A fleeting star that sparkled in her eye.

But shadows crept and doubts around me swirled,

Until I lost my way within her light.

Four iambic pentameters by Flavia Acosta Fernández

 

Flavia Acosta Fernández

                            

                                                                                                                                            October 2024

I try to look away, but then your lips

They make me wish I was the wine you drink.

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My mind, the painful voice that ruled my life.

Your eyes, the light that made me feel alive.

                                                                                    

Welcome to class of 2024-2025!

Dear Students,

I've only known you for a month or so, but I can already say that I am delighted to be your teacher of English Literature. I have fun with you in my classes, and I've just discovered that there are a number of poets among you, and good ones at that!, which pleases me a lot.

So, this is just to say, as William Carlos Williams would put it, that you've stolen my heart, and also that I hope you'll enjoy this introductory course to English Literature and will learn a great deal. 

May English Literature become your sweet, and cold, and delicious plums--the forbidden fruit that will grant you hours and hours of pleasure.

Best wishes,

Carolina

The Rose

 

Arancha Álvarez Fernández

December 2022

A woman was waiting, a man was searching for love.

The lady was lost, the boy was looking for a rose,

A rose which tells the way to connect their hope.