A Faded Postcard is a Tanka Daydream
by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
but of the firewalker
of his frame, a rush of flame
look at both faces, closed eyes
this, what you were born into
to grasp, that expectation
a forward hesitation –
to love only once
to endure, outlast these worlds
a lowing, literal love
not the bitter deathsong ends
not the judging eyes
a milk bath before
fresh plate of malai kofta
look at the firewalker –
dusted feet and flake, embers
as windblown, the water oak
next to the winged spindle tree
Pirene’s Fountain
Copyright ©:
Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
A few random poems:
- Fragment Of An Ode To Maia. Written On May Day 1818 poem – John Keats poems
- Юлий Даниэль – Друзьям
- Омар Хайям – Лик розы освежен дыханием весны
- Алексей Толстой – В альбом (Стрелок, на той поляне)
- Robert Burns: Rantin’, Rovin’ Robin:
- Илья Эренбург – Легкий сон
- My Modern Surrealist Mind by Shaunna Harper
- The Leädy’s Tower by William Barnes
- The Soldier poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Nutting by William Wordsworth
- The Slantèn Light O’ Fall by William Barnes
- The Fairy Bridal-Hymn by Vachel Lindsay
- Epigram pinned to Mrs. Riddell’s carriage by Robert Burns
- Heel & Toe To The End by William Carlos Williams
- Sonnet 4: Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend by William Shakespeare
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
- Playing With Big Numbers
- Percy Janes Boarding The Bus
- One Word
- Once She Dreamed
- O God
- Notebook Of A Return To The Native Land
- Night Words
- Negligence
- Mustard Flowers
- Meditation With Feet
- Love
- Little Talk
- Light The Festive Candles
- Levitation
- Labor Pains
- Labels
- Kalli
- Insect039s Nest
- In This Cul De Sac
- I See Chile In My Rearview Mirror
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
