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:
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- Where we fall by Osman cisse Hanif
- Against Unworthy Praise by William Butler Yeats
- Федор Сваровский – Об удивительном
- Валерий Брюсов – Из латинской антологии (Нежный стихов аромат услаждает безделие девы)
- Goblins Of The Steppes poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Silver by Walter de la Mare
- Юлия Друнина – В сорок пятом
- Владимир Маяковский – Ты обут? Тебя обувает фабрика… (РОСТА №601)
- Николай Тихонов – Берлин 9 мая
- Алишер Навои – Чудесные свершения середины жизни
- Юрий Левитанский – Диалог у новогодней елки
- Ольга Берггольц – Ласточки над обрывом
- Potions poem – Yusef Komunyakaa poems | Poetry Monster
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
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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.