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
- In The Village Of My Ancestors by Vasko Popa
- Владимир Набоков – Спроси у хрустальной луны
- Sonnet XI. On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Корнилов – Гумилев
- Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Royal Highness poem – Alexander Pope
- Новелла Матвеева – Набрела на правильную строчку
- Владимир Маяковский – Эй, граждане, берегите воду!.. (Главполитпросвет №249)
- Fifth Grade Autobiography by Rita Dove
- Robert Burns: Verses Intended To Be Written Below A Noble Earl’s Picture:
- Владимир Британишский – Быт
- emotional bond by Raj Arumugam
- krishna039s_advice_to_arjuna.html
- This Aloneness by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Beyond The Veil by Timothy Thomas Fortune
- On An Insight On Grecian Spring by Nithin Purple
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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).
