Today is 31 December 2024. The year is old.  On this Day 758 of the Daily Poems we reach an important portal – a door is opening into the New Year.   Christmas has been a time of joy for the Kennedy family, as I hope it has been for you – but suddenly and… Continue reading

As the year draws to its close, the theme of portals also comes towards its close, and on this Day 757 of the Daily Poems the portal is a window.  Our translator poet Timothy Adès conjures up a vision of a Parisian beauty wearing rien du tout, caught at her window by French poet Robert… Continue reading

Today is Day 756 of the Daily Poems.  An enigmatic door with no handle is today’s portal, by our poet Jane Monach Door I see a dooryellow, orange, blue brushed in wood thick Moroccan colours squares and trianglesintertwined No handle. My hands trace around geometrics find a central slit that fits my fingers, I bend my knuckles. prize open… Continue reading

Gérard de Nerval (1808-1855) was a French essayist, poet, and translator.  Today is Day 755 of the Daily Poems, and our poet translator Timothy Adès brings to life de Nerval’s fantasy portal: fair lady at her lofty window. Fantasy     by Gérard de NervalTranslated by Timothy Adès Rossini, Mozart, yes, and Weber,I’d give them… Continue reading

Today’s poet Anne Boileau portrays a starry mid-Atlantic portal of searing significance, taking us back 80 years in time.  And today is Day 754 of the Daily Poems. Gateway to the USA– mid-Atlantic It’s a new story.I shall tell it in English. Visas. Papi got us visas! But only for us four. We didn’t ask him… Continue reading