by Alden Nowlan
Not every wino is a Holy Man.
Oh, but some of them are.
I love those who’ve learned
to sit comfortably
for long periods with their hams
pressed against their calves,
outdoors,
with a wall for a back-rest,
contentedly saying nothing.
These move about only when
necessary,
on foot, and almost always
in pairs.
I think of them as oblates.
Christ’s blood is in their veins
or they thirst for it.
They have looked into the eyes
of God,
unprotected by smoked glass.
A few random poems:
- The Sick Man and the Nightingale poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Dockery And Son by Philip Larkin
- Soulmating by Mike Yuan
- Владимир Маяковский – Привет, КИМ
- O Sun of Real Peace. by Walt Whitman
- Владимир Корнилов – Чистый лист
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Мороз
- Not Fair
- Николай Рубцов – Весна на берегу Бии
- Sonnet 46: Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war by William Shakespeare
- Вера Полозкова – И пока он вскакивает с кровати
- In the Valley of Cauteretz poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Seeking Beauty by William Henry Davies
- [ I think I’m there? ] poem – Ygor Noblott poems | Poetry Monster
- The Princess: A Medley: O Swallow poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
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
- Chronicle
- Change
- Beauty
- Bathing River
- Bathing In The River
- Answer Copy Verses Sent Me Jersey
- Anacreontics The Swallow
- Anacreontics The Epicure
- Anacreontics Drinking
- An Answer To A Copy Of Verses Sent Me To Jersey
- Against Hope
- Against Fruition
- Summer Moon
- Stars
- Love Is Just Like The Rain
- Boy Running In The Rain
- Xai Kou From Book Seeds Of Faith
- Xai Kou1
- Xai Kou0
- Xai Kou
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
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
