No shoes and a glossy
red helmet, I rode
on the back of my dad’s
Harley at seven years old.
Before the divorce.
Before the new apartment.
Before the new marriage.
Before the apple tree.
Before the ceramics in the garbage.
Before the dog’s chain.
Before the koi were all eaten
by the crane. Before the road
between us, there was the road
beneath us, and I was just
big enough not to let go:
Henno Road, creek just below,
rough wind, chicken legs,
and I never knew survival
was like that. If you live,
you look back and beg
for it again, the hazardous
bliss before you know
what you would miss.
Copyright ©:
2015 Ada Limón
A few random poems:
- Poet Herodia of ancient Pincaeia by Raj Arumugam
- Карл Сэндберг – Анекдот о цикуте для двух афинян
- Tidy by Ralph Angel
- Эмиль Верхарн – Занавески
- A Front Row Seat To Hear Ole Johnny Sing by Shel Silverstein
- Ballade Made In The Hot Weather by William Ernest Henley
- Николай Гумилев – Командиру 5-го Александровского полка
- “Could I but leave men wiser by my song ” poem – Alfred Austin
- Sonnet 84: Who is it that says most, which can say more by William Shakespeare
- How to Become an Inspiration
- Николай Заболоцкий – Старость
- Robert Burns: Hey, Ca’ Thro’ – Boat song:
- Maenad by Sylvia Plath
- Jerusalem Delivered – Book 02 – part 04 by Torquato Tasso
- Владислав Крапивин – Все спит в тропической ночи
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 Sigh In The Night
- A Sermon
- A Prayer
- A Dream Of Venice
- A Supplication
- Written Juice Lemon
- Written In Juice Of Lemon
- Wit
- Welcome
- Vote Excerpt
- Usurpation
- Tree Knowledge
- To The Royal Society
- To The Lord Falkland
- To Sir William Davenant
- Thisbes Song
- The Wish
- The Welcome
- The Vote Excerpt
- The Usurpation
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
