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
- Between Games by Vasko Popa
- Юнна Мориц – Комарово
- The Crown Of Thorns
- In Memoriam A. H. H.: The Prelude poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Прощание с саблею
- Philip Levine – Philip Levine
- Moonlight On The Door by William Barnes
- A Story At Dusk
- Children’s Children by William Barnes
- On An Infant (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- Lyonnesse by Sylvia Plath
- The Need To Love
- Вера Павлова – Сражаться с прошлым
- Paraphrase of the First Psalm by Robert Burns
- Kindness by Sylvia Plath
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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).
