A poem by Alistar Crowley (1875-1947)
Gabriel whispered in mine ear
His archangelic poesie.
How can I write? I only hear
The sobbing murmur of the sea.
Raphael breathed and bade me pass
His rapt evangel to mankind;
I cannot even match, alas!
The ululation of the wind.
The gross grey gods like gargoyles spit
On every poet’s holy head;
No mustard-seed of truth or wit
In those curst furrows, quick or dead!
A tithe of what I know would cleanse
The leprosy of earth; and I –
My limits are like other men’s.
I must live dumb, and dumb must die!

A few random poems:
- long_i_waited_in_vain.html
- “Mike Teavee…” by Roald Dahl
- Journey Home by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Broken Men by Rudyard Kipling
- A City One Wish
- The Wayfarer by Sara Teasdale
- What would I do without this world by Samuel Beckett
- Inscription at Friars’ Carse Hermitage by Robert Burns
- Excerpt from “What’s O’Clock” poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Answer To A Child’s Question by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Robert Burns: Fragment Of Song:
- Robert Burns: Birthday Ode For 31st December, 1787:
- Astigmatism by Satish Verma
- Николай Карамзин – Куплеты из одной сельской комедии, игранной благородными любителями театра
- Ок Мельникова – Обет молчания
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
- Afridi Love
- Adoration
- Whispering In Wattle Boughs
- Thoras Song Ashtaroth
- The Swimmer
- The Sick Stockrider
- The Last Leap
- Gone
- An Exiles Farewell
- A Song Of Autumn
- A Dedication
- Medical Ethics
- Vain
- Myself
- My Heritage
- Miserimus
- Memory
- Karazah Karl
- Judith
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