A poem by Alec Derwent-Hope (1907–2000)
by Alec Derwent Hope
Make no mistake; there will be no forgiveness;
No voice can harm you and no hand will save;
Fenced by the magic of deliberate darkness
You walk on the sharp edges of the wave;
Trouble with soul again the putrefaction
Where Lazarus three days rotten lies content.
Your human tears will be the seed of faction
Murder the sequel to your sacrament.
The City of God is built like other cities:
Judas negotiates the loans you float;
You will meet Caiaphas upon committees;
You will be glad of Pilate’s casting vote.
Your truest lovers still the foolish virgins,
Your heart will sicken at the marriage feasts
Knowing they watch you from the darkened gardens
Being polite to your official guests.
A few random poems:
- To Foreign Lands. by Walt Whitman
- SOMALIA CALLING by Satish Verma
- Владимир Высоцкий – Ну почему
- Like the gods. . . by Sappho
- Friendship poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Владимир Орлов – Ночной листок
- Dusk In June by Sara Teasdale
- Mrs Moon by Roger McGough
- The Gardener XX: Day After Day He Comes by Rabindranath Tagore
- Владимир Маяковский – В России голод… (Главполитпросвет № 236)
- Илья Эренбург – Легкий сон
- Sonnet CXXXVIII by William Shakespeare
- SOVEREIGNTY by Satish Verma
- Sonnet 87: Farewell! Thou art too dear for my possessing by William Shakespeare
- A Divine Mistress by Thomas Carew
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
- Listening poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Listening poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Lead Soldiers poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Late September poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Late September poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- J–K. Huysmans poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- J–K. Huysmans poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Irony poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Irony poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- In Darkness poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- In Answer to a Request poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- In Answer to a Request poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- In a Garden poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- In a Castle poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Hora Stellatrix poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Hero-Worship poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Hero-Worship poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Happiness poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Happiness poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- From One Who Stays poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
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
Alec Derwent-Hope (1907–2000) was an Australian poet and essayist known for his satirical slant. He was also a critic, teacher and academic.