For The Moment
by Pierre Reverdy
Life is simple and gay
The bright sun rings with a quiet sound
The sound of the bells has quieted
down
This morning the light hits it all
The footlights of my head are lit again
And the room I live in is finally bright
Just one beam is enough
Just one burst of laughter
My joy that shakes the house
Restrains those wanting to die
By the notes of its song
I sing off-key
Ah it’s funny
My mouth open to every breeze
Spews mad notes everywhere
That emerge I don’t know how
To fly toward other ears
Listen I’m not crazy
I laugh at the bottom of the stairs
Before the wide-open door
In the sunlight scattered
On the wall among green vines
And my arms are held out toward you
It’s today I love you
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Olney Hymn 26: On Opening A Place For Social Prayer by William Cowper
- Grandmother’s Teaching poem – Alfred Austin
- Colored Toys by Rabindranath Tagore
- Epigram : On The Inventor Of Gunpowder (Translated From Milton) by William Cowper
- Sonnet LXII by William Shakespeare
- Answer To Stanzas Addressed To Lady Hesketh By Miss Catharine Fanshawe, In Returning A Poem by William Cowper
- The Fires by Rudyard Kipling
- I. The Witch of Coös by Robert Frost
- Федор Сологуб – В иных веках, в иной отчизне
- Олег Бундур – Ужин
- The Geography of the House by W H Auden
- I Am Vertical by Sylvia Plath
- Not A Star
- Robert Burns: Address To A Haggis:
- Наталья Хрущева – Большой и маленький
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).
