I have never feared death
Even though
Its hands were more fragile
Than banality.
I dread, however, to die
In a land where
The grave digger’s wages
Exceed the price of human freedom.
Looking for,
Discovering,
Choosing freely,
And transforming one’s essence
Into a fortress.
If the price of death is higher than all that,
I deny, in absolute terms,
To have ever feared death.
A few random poems:
- Dawnlight On The Sea
- Иван Киуру – Кот и жук
- Алексей Толстой – То было раннею весной
- Владимир Маяковский – Чтоб голод нас не передушил к лету… (Главполитпросвет №160)
- Easter, 1916 by William Butler Yeats
- Responsibilities; Introduction by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Маяковский – День в маевочку мою… (Главполитпросвет №151)
- Ballad about a stinking flower by Vinko Kalinic
- Sonnet Xi
- Владимир Британишский – Еретик
- The Mask by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Набоков – Лыжный прыжок
- Purple Heart Liz (My Girl At Woodstock) by Steve Sant
- To The Honble Commodore Hood on His Pardoning a Deserter by Phillis Wheatley
- In the Small Hours by Wole Soyinka
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Set out by Mahak Raithatha S
- Rita And The Rifle by Mahmoud Darwish
- Psalm Three by Mahmoud Darwish
- Psalm 9 by Mahmoud Darwish
- Pride and Fury by Mahmoud Darwish
- Postip by Manolo Arriola
- Poema LX, El albergue by Mara Romero Torres
- Poema II, “Pañuelos de La Alhambra” by Mara Romero Torres
- Pequeña niña mía by Mara Romero Torres
- Passport by Mahmoud Darwish
- Pañuelos de La Alhambra by Mara Romero Torres
- Ontological by Maggie Anderson
- Only Iraq by Mahmoud Darwish
- Oh My Father, I am Yusif by Mahmoud Darwish
- October Journey by Margaret Walker
- Nube by Manolo Arriola
- No Matter What You Write by Mac McGovern
- Neighing at the Slope by Mahmoud Darwish
- My Mother by Mahmoud Darwish
- For My People by Margaret Walker
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
