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 Last Rhyme of True Thomas by Rudyard Kipling
- Don’t Worry by John Oxenham
- Attack On The Ad-Man
- A Prayer poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Василий Курочкин – Поэту адвокату
- English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 21.1. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
- Tiny Warrior by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
- Sparkles from The Wheel. by Walt Whitman
- Sonnet L by William Shakespeare
- Оливер Голдсмит – Подношение
- Юрий Галансков – Человеческий манифест
- The Thousandth Man by Rudyard Kipling
- Владимир Маяковский – Пролетарка, пролетарий, заходите в планетарий
- The Lew O’ The Rick by William Barnes
- Как Муромец Илья когда-то
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
- Sacrifice And Love
- Rule I By Eric Mottram Stop Writing Literature You Garrulous Indian
- Poetry And Politics
- Poem Stories
- Plato
- Peace Universal Good
- Paralipomemnon
- Our Refuge
- One Sweet White Light
- New Land
- Motionless Body
- Mother
- Minimalism And The Elm Choka
- Mark
- Love Flower
- Love
- Lord God Have Mercy On Me
- Libation
- Least In A List
- Interpret The Light
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
