in a frenzy I turn the whole house upside down
from basement to attic, amazing myself, I can’t stop wondering
what imp has possessed me, it’s really
so ludicrous
with no prior plan, although at times
it seems all predetermined inside me
I choose what to discard, what to give away and to whom
and who could even see a use for
any of the things I find, forgotten, useless
badly made
so many that are worthless, that now have nothing to say
yet were all so significant once
I leave no closet untouched, haul out
boxes and trunks, look the bookshelves over
pull out and turn all drawers upside down, even the secret ones
even those securely locked, with the jewels and photographs inside
in the evening, dusty, exhausted, my head
wrapped in cobwebs, I look into the clear
water cupped in my hands: yes, it’s me
making changes and changing, desperate for change
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Four Days In Vermont by Robert Creeley
- Now Close the Windows by Robert Frost
- A Walk After Dark by W H Auden
- The Pleasures of Melancholy by Thomas Warton
- Alabaster by Sarojini Naidu
- Golgotha by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Burnt-Out Spa by Sylvia Plath
- Ольга Берггольц – К сердцу Родины руку тянет
- No Worst, There Is None. Pitched Past Pitch Of Grief poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- A dream is a butterfly poem – Amy Michelle Mosier poems | Poems and Poetry
- Olney Hymn 67: Longing To Be With Christ by William Cowper
- Woman With Parasol by Martin Willitts Jr.
- The Miller’s Daughter poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Lullaby of the Onion by Miguel Hernandez
- Олег Бундур – Уборка
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
