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:
- Thisbes Song
- Astrophel And Stella-Sonnet LIV by Sir Philip Sidney
- Ольга Берггольц – Сестре
- Intrigued with Evening by Jelaluddin Rumi
- Robert Burns: Lines To An Old Sweetheart:
- Jerusalem Delivered – Book 03 – part 04 by Torquato Tasso
- Алишер Навои – Кипарис подобен розе увлажненной
- Highway to Happiness by Stacey Chillemi
- Владимир Маяковский – Про пешеходов и разинь, вонзивших глазки небу в синь
- Epitaph On Mr. Chester Of Chicheley by William Cowper
- An Incantation by Thomas Moore
- XIV: Some Verses: To Mr. Edward Allane by William Alexander
- Art Therapy and Loss
- Олег Григорьев – Мазохисту на лавке
- Степан Щипачев – Голос
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
- Sacrifice And Love
- Rule I By Eric Mottram Stop Writing Literature You Garrulous Indian
- Poetry And Politics
- Poem Stories
- Plato
- Peace Universal Good
- Paralipomemnon
- Our Refuge
- One Sweet White Light
- New Land
- Motionless Body
- Mother
- Minimalism And The Elm Choka
- Mark
- Love Flower
- Love
- Lord God Have Mercy On Me
- Libation
- Least In A List
- Interpret The Light
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
