Poems of Paul Hartal

41. Flowers of Horror 10/7/2011
42. For Eleanor H. Porter (1868-1920) 10/6/2011
43. For Miklós Radnóti 9/29/2011
44. For Paul Celan 2/17/2012
45. Four Seasons 10/5/2011
46. Friendship 10/6/2011
47. From Plane to Sphere 10/18/2011
48. From the Secret Life of Tuesday 10/4/2011
49. God's Silence 10/5/2011
50. Grandma 10/3/2011
51. Haiku with T-shirt 8/31/2012
52. Happiness is a Shark 10/6/2011
53. Healthy, Wealthy and Wise 1/23/2013
54. Heavenly Satire 10/9/2011
55. Her Kiss 10/5/2011
56. Homage to Matsuo Basho 10/10/2011
57. Honor and Betrayal (Jiangsu 1937-1945) 11/8/2011
58. How the Revolution Started 10/5/2011
59. Hunger Waltz 3/23/2013
60. I Dream the Dreams of Shepherds 9/29/2011

Oranges and Grapes

Oranges and grapes refuse to grow in the cold.
Today I sing and dance, refuse to grow old.
Yet all the same, time is tyrant and ruthless,
Unfolds my wrinkling years, it is relentless.

Now and then the lots seem to be gentle and kind,
But alloyed with fate the somnambulist is blind.
Luck and fortuity might act as a soubrette,
Life spins our fate like roulette in a film set.

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