Gates of Paradise
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Seasons  

First edition
Toronto, Doubleday Canada, 1990
Hardcover, 48 p., illustr.

Selection and notes by Alberto Manguel
F. García Lorca, A. Storni and V. Hugo
translated by Alberto Manguel

 
   
 
Poems
A journey through the four seasons, reflected in the surreal oil paintings of Warabé Aska, rich in subtle visual games of search and discovery, and in the accompanying selection of short poems by writers from around the world, including Margaret Atwood and Victor Hugo.
 
 
ANONYMOUS (ENGLAND) Ring-Around
WALLACE STEVENS The Garden Flew Round
FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA Meditation in the Rain
W. H. DAVIES The Rainbow
ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS Song of the Soul
EMILY DICKINSON Sun
ANONYMOUS (GERMANY) Summer Song
HSUEH T’AO Flowers
ANONYMOUS (EGYPT) Love Song
FUJIWARA NO TADAMACHI The Puppeteers
RAINER MARIA RILKE Autumn Day
ALFONSINA STORNI Wind
GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Hurrahing in Harvest
AMY LOWELL Adventures
ANONYMOUS (ETHIOPIA) Prayer to the Moon
LIN LING Snowbirds
FINNISH FOLK-SONG Snowman
MARGARET ATWOOD Woman Skating
SEI SHONĀGON Snow
VICTOR HUGO Dreams
 
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