Epic
by Patrick Kavanagh
I have lived in important places, times
When great events were decided, who owned
That half a rood of rock, a no-man’s land
Surrounded by our pitchfork-armed claims.
I heard the Duffys shouting “Damn your soul”
And old McCabe stripped to the waist, seen
Step the plot defying blue cast-steel—
“Here is the march along these iron stones”
That was the year of the Munich bother. Which
Was more important? I inclined
To lose my faith in Ballyrush and Gortin
Til Homer’s ghost came whispering to my mind
He said: I made the Iliad from such
A local row. Gods make their own importance.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Николай Гумилев – Левин, Левин, ты суров
- A Voice From The West poem – Alfred Austin
- Mr. Brain by Russell Edson
- The Veairy Veet That I Do Meet by William Barnes
- Михаил Кузмин – Зимнее солнце
- Doggerel by a Senior Citizen by W H Auden
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Ночью
- poetry_and_politics.html
- The Rowing Song by Roald Dahl
- human_charms.html
- Федор Тютчев – Как летней иногда порою
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Прощание с саблею
- Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Гроза
- The Prarie Battlements by Vachel Lindsay
- Sonnet CIV by William Shakespeare
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
