A poem by Aeschylus (c. 525 – c. 456 Before Christ )
by Ainne Frances dela Cruz
No,
the poet does not
live in a beautiful
world, a perfect
world,
does not always
see the bright side
Nay,
too often it is
the dark she sees,
Not rainbows
and stars,
but what lies
beneath the smile,
The danger hidden in
the warm embrace,
and the hunger
that resonates
in the deep, dark caverns of
the belly
And you wonder
why her art
has woven itself
into beautiful forms
befitting more
an angel than a
demon
It is so she
will not be afraid
of the emptiness
so she can
convince herself
that there is
really more to
life than
this:
The poet is really
useless
cannot do anything more
than write
cannot wish for anything more
than life
What life she has
is embedded in
her poetry
and what poetry she has
is only snatched from life
who once upon a time
has stolen her
from herself
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A few random poems:
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- Владимир Степанов – Волнушки
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- Михаил Кузмин – Уж не слышен конский топот
- Illusion of Time by Ndue Ukaj
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- This Month The Almonds Bloom At Kandahar
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External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
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Poems in English
- A Prayer For Old Age by William Butler Yeats
- A Prayer For My Son by William Butler Yeats
- A Nativity by William Butler Yeats
- A Memory Of Youth by William Butler Yeats
- A Meditation In Time Of War by William Butler Yeats
- A Man Young And Old: X. His Wildness by William Butler Yeats
- A Man Young And Old: VIII. Summer And Spring by William Butler Yeats
- A Man Young And Old: VII. The Friends Of His Youth by William Butler Yeats
- A Man Young And Old: VI. His Memories by William Butler Yeats
- A Man Young And Old: V. The Empty Cup by William Butler Yeats
- A Man Young And Old: IX. The Secrets Of The Old by William Butler Yeats
- A Man Young And Old: IV. The Death Of The Hare by William Butler Yeats
- A Man Young And Old: III. The Mermaid by William Butler Yeats
- A Man Young And Old: II. Human Dignity by William Butler Yeats
- A Man Young And Old: I. First Love by William Butler Yeats
- A Last Confession by William Butler Yeats
- A Friend’s Illness by William Butler Yeats
- A First Confession by William Butler Yeats
- A Faery Song by William Butler Yeats
- A Drunken Man’s Praise Of Sobriety by William Butler Yeats
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