by Alicja Kuberska
Far in the North, where the dark-eyed Neva River
Spills its cold waters, and a June day has no end,
The city of my childhood sprang up on the marsh.
In a dream-like longing, I return to the granite boulevards,
I marvel at the white-and-green facades of the palaces,
And the golden domes of the churches,
Glistening against the cool sky.
I hear clatter of horses’ hooves, and see a bronze horseman,
Traversing each night the broad prospects, and vast plazas.
With one leap, overcoming the chasm under the drawbridge.
I pass by elegant, French-style houses and gardens.
The riches of the age of the tsars added to their brilliance, their proud beauty.
The old capital of the empire never surrendered, never knelt down.
I believe that I will return here once more,
When fate reveals a magnanimous face.
I shall see the Maple, planted with a childish hand, reach the clouds.
I shall timidly peer into the windows of the house on Toreza Street.
Poland
Copyright ©:
Alicja Kuberska
A few random poems:
- Владимир Маяковский – Вот для чего мужику самолет
- Sonnet 128: How oft, when thou, my music, music play’st by William Shakespeare
- Ode to Wine
- Time’s Defence poem – Alfred Austin
- The Green Linnet by William Wordsworth
- Book Fourteenth [conclusion] by William Wordsworth
- Eidólons. by Walt Whitman
- Robert Burns: Inscription At Friars’ Carse Hermitage: To the Memory of Robert Riddell.
- Robert Burns: Verses Intended To Be Written Below A Noble Earl’s Picture:
- Владимир Высоцкий – Палач
- The Detective by Sylvia Plath
- In Thoughtless Mind by Satish Verma
- Meeting by William Butler Yeats
- Sonnet CXVII by William Shakespeare
- Alone by Yvor Winters
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
- Ок Мельникова – All I want, all I need
- Ок Мельникова – 3. 45 a. m
- Огюст Барбье – Жертвы
- Огюст Барбье – Зеленая Дева
- Огюст Барбье – Хвала Хафизу
- Огюст Барбье – Видимость
- Огюст Барбье – Васильки
- Огюст Барбье – Тициан
- Огюст Барбье – Собачий пир
- Огюст Барбье – Шекспир
- Огюст Барбье – Сегодня я в пути
- Огюст Барбье – Роберт Эммет
- Огюст Барбье – Рафаэль
- Огюст Барбье – Прогресс
- Огюст Барбье – Покинутый
- Огюст Барбье – Отъезд
- Огюст Барбье – Ни кротостью, ни негой ясной
- Огюст Барбье – Мельпомена
- Огюст Барбье – Мазаччио
- Огюст Барбье – Любовь к песням
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
