Poetry and Verse Across the World

Andrea Duffield, Joseph Orf, Phong Nguyen, Marina Price

Love and Sadness

“For you to hear,my wordssometimes grow thinas seagull tracks on the beach.”

ONCE through the forest

Alone I went;To seek for nothing

My thoughts were bent.

I saw i' the shadow

A flower stand thereAs stars it glisten'd,

As eyes 'twas fair.

I sought to pluck it,--It gently said:

"Shall I be gather'd

Only to fade?"

With all its roots

I dug it with care,And took it home

To my garden fair.

In silent corner

Soon it was set;There grows it ever,

There blooms it yet.

“Found” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (English Translation)

Close to You- Anonymous

가까이 다가가고 싶었지만 가까이 다가갈 수 없었습니다 .

내가 가까이 다가가면 다가가는 만큼

그대가 멀어질 것 같아서 ..

가까이 다가가면 ..

내가 다가가면 ...

그대는 영영 떠나갈 것 같아서

가까이 다가갈 수 없었습니다 .

그대가 떠나간 뒤 , 그 상처와 그리움

감당할 수 없을 것 같아서

가까이 다가가고 싶었지만

더이상 가까이 다가갈 수 없었습니다 .

한 순간 가까웁다 영영 그대를 떠나게 하는 것보다

거리는 조금 떨어져 있지만 오래도록 그대를

바라보고 싶는 마음이 더 앞섰기에 ...

Although I wanted to come closer,

I couldn’t possibly go closer

because the more I come closer,

I felt that the more you will drift away from me

If I come closer..

If I really do,

I feel that you will leave me forever

that’s why I couldn’t come closer

If you’d leave me, I‘d be left with those pain and loneliness...

I didn’t think I would be able to handle it

So although I wanted to come closer,

I didn’t dare to come closer

I long to have one moment close to you

but you would leave me forever.

So I kept the distance between us,

as I wanted to be at a place where I will always be able to see you.

Close to You- Anonymous (English Version)

Romeo and Juliet- William Shakespeare

ROMEOO, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!It seems she hangs upon the cheek of nightLike a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear;Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows,As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand,And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.

Sources and Pictures"Found by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe." The Literature Network: Online Classic Literature, Poems, and Quotes. Essays & Summaries. Web. 14 Oct. 2011. <http://www.online-literature.com/goethe/2625/>."Pablo Neruda, Poema V | Steer Forth!" Steer Forth! | You and I Shall Steer Forth Whatever Needs to Be Steered Forth. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. <http://steerforth.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/pablo-neruda-poema-v/>."Romeo and Juliet: Entire Play." The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Web. 14 Oct. 2011. <http://shakespeare.mit.edu/romeo_juliet/full.html>.

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