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
- John Kinsella’s Lament For Mrs. Mary Moore by William Butler Yeats
- Robert Burns: Verses Intended To Be Written Below A Noble Earl’s Picture:
- Sonnet LIV by William Shakespeare
- Black magic by Mrunmayi Mandan
- Низами Гянджеви – Искендер-наме – Страница 11 из 15
- Both ways I lose by Tanisha Avarsekar
- Stopped Dead by Sylvia Plath
- Владимир Высоцкий – Шляпник
- An Indian Love Song by Sarojini Naidu
- Иван Киуру – Кот и жук
- Sonnet 08
- Николай Языков – Валдайский узник
- The Oak and the Rose by Shel Silverstein
- Низами Гянджеви – Пускай охотится на всех газелеоких
- Ок Мельникова – Профессия рок-звезда
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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).
