A Heart Divided
by Pierre Reverdy
He so spares himself
He so fears the coverings
The sky’s blue coverlet
And pillows of cloud
He is ill-clothed by his faith
He is so afraid of steps that go awry
And streets chipped in the ice
He is too tiny for winter
He so fears the cold
He is transparent in his mirror
He is so hazy he loses himself
Time rolls him under its waves
At moments his blood flows the wrong way
And his tears stain the linen
His hand gathers green trees
And nosegays of seaweed from the strand
His faith is a thorn bush
His hands bleed against his heart
His eyes have lost their glow
And his feet trail over the sea
Like the dead arms of devil-fish
He is lost in the universe
He stumbles against cities
Against himself and his own failings
Then pray that the Lord
Erase even the memory
Of this man from His mind
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Reverie Ofmahomed Akram At The Tamarind Tank
- Аля Кудряшева – Если ты, к примеру, кролик с шелковистыми ушами
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Что шумишь
- Walking Wounded by Vernon Scannell
- On The New Forcers Of Conscience Under The Long Parliament poem – John Milton poems
- Шекспир – Ты положи с моей любовью рядом – Сонет 117
- The Ordination by Robert Burns
- Tryin’ On Clothes by Shel Silverstein
- Robert Burns: The Song Of Death: Scene-A Field of Battle. Time of the day-evening. The wounded and dying of the victorious army are supposed to join in the following song.
- The Allies poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sonnet: On seeing Miss Helen Maria Williams weep at a tale of distress by William Wordsworth
- Epistle to John Rankine by Robert Burns
- Огюст Барбье – Мазаччио
- English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. The Vision of the Archangels. Руперт Брук.
- Виктор Гончаров – Опять пришла пора дождей
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