May I never be afraid
especially of myself
but
Muhammed Ali are you telling
the truth?
Well you’re being true aren’t you and
you talk so wonderfully in your body
that protects you with physique of voice
raps within dance
May I never be afraid
rocked and quaked
the mantilla is lace
whose black is oak
But if I’m dark I’m strong
as my own darkness
my strength the universe
whose blackness is air
only starry
lace
But if I’m alive I’m strong
as life
Strong as the violets
in Marlon Brando’s fist
his dissemblance flourished into truth
She
took them
I’d take me too
I do
and my Ali I see you
a hard bright speck of me
the savage formalist
authentic deed of gossip
a kind body.
Copyright ©:
Alice Notley
A few random poems:
- The Weather-Beaten Tree by William Barnes
- Late September poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Owners Of The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- Pan to Artemis poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Алексей Плещеев – Твоя любовь мне утешенье
- You Are One For Whom Ma Heart Really Cares by Miraj Patel
- The Promise of Sleep poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Challenge: A Court Ballad poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Sonnet CXXXVIII by William Shakespeare
- May You Encounter Christ’s Inclusive Church
- Владимир Набоков – О чем я думаю
- Владимир Маяковский – Товарищу Нетте, пароходу и человеку
- Orlando Furioso Canto 12 by Ludovico Ariosto
- Gentle Heart, Indulge Thy Dreaming by Timothy Thomas Fortune
- Нина Воронель – Московский день
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- La Nue
- Kyrenaikos
- Juvenilia An Ode To Natural Beauty
- I Loved
- I Have A Rendezvous With Death
- Fragments
- Eudaemon
- El Extraviado
- Do You Remember Once
- Coucy
- Champagne 1914 15
- Broceliande
- Bellinglise
- At The Tomb Of Napoleon
- Ariosto Orlando Furioso Canto X 91 99
- Antinous
- An Ode To Antares
- All Thats Not Love
- After An Epigram Of Clement Marot
- A Message To America
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
