A poem by Adrienne Cecile Rich (1929 – 2012)
Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool
Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.
When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.
A few random poems:
- AN ODE FOR BEN JONSON by Robert Herrick
- Море волнуется, манит к себе
- nonsense verse by Raj Arumugam
- Robert Bruce’s March to Bannockburn (Song) by Robert Burns
- Written Upon A Blank Leaf In “The Complete Angler.” by William Wordsworth
- Николай Гумилев – Луна на море
- Эмиль Верхарн – Завершение
- Twins by Vinko Kalinić
- Song—Ae fond Kiss by Robert Burns
- Civilian and Soldier by Wole Soyinka
- Go Get The Goodly Squab by Sylvia Plath
- Lord Nevil039s Advice
- Release by Marie Starr
- Damayante To Nala In The Hour Of Exile by Sarojini Naidu
- Василий Жуковский – Мщение
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
- A Florida Ghost. by Sidney Lanier
- A Dedication. To Charlotte Cushman. by Sidney Lanier
- A Birthday Song. To S. G. by Sidney Lanier
- A Ballad Of The Trees And The Master by Sidney Lanier
- The Triumph by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Road To Ruin by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Portrait by Siegfried Sassoon
- Sporting Acquaintances by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Triumph by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Road To Ruin by Siegfried Sassoon
- Sassoon’s Public Statement Of Defiance by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Portrait by Siegfried Sassoon
- Sporting Acquaintances by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Road To Ruin by Siegfried Sassoon
- Solar Eclipse by Siegfried Sassoon
- Return Of The Heroes by Siegfried Sassoon
- Return Of The Heroes by Siegfried Sassoon
- Prelude: The Troops by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Road To Ruin by Siegfried Sassoon
- On Passing The New Menin Gate by Siegfried Sassoon
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
Adrienne Cecile Rich (1929 – 2012) was an American poet, essayist, and feminist.