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:
- Did you call me Love by Rohini bhatia singh
- Sonnet. Written Upon The Top Of Ben Nevis poem – John Keats poems
- To A Lady On The Death Of The Three Relations by Phillis Wheatley
- Epistle to James Smith by Robert Burns
- The Easter Egg Hunt by Roger Turner
- Sonnet 14: Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck by William Shakespeare
- Владимир Маяковский – Долой волокиту! Да здравствует революционная инициатива! (РОСТА № 493 )
- Now Finale to the Shore. by Walt Whitman
- Ballade Of The Dead Cities poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Conversation Among The Ruins by Sylvia Plath
- Sweet Love Is Dead poem – Alfred Austin
- The Exeter Road poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Зинаида Александрова – Четыре старушки
- Bogland by Seamus Heaney
- Robert Burns: Lord Gregory:
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
- Golden Eyes
- From Behind The Lattice
- Feroza
- Feroke
- Fate Knows No Tears
- Farewell
- Fancy
- Famine Song
- Early Love
- Disappointment
- Deserted Gipsys Song Hillside Camp
- Dedication
- Dedication To Malcolm Nicolson
- Camp Followers Song Gomal River
- Back To The Border
- Au Salon
- Atavism
- Ashore
- Among The Sandhills
- Among The Rice Fields
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
