A poem by Alexander Block – Alexandre Block – Alexandr Blok – Александр Блок
(1880-1921)
On waters, spread without end,
Dressed with the sunset so purple,
It sings and prophesies for land,
Unable to lift the smashed wings’ couple…
The charge of Tartars’ hordes it claims,
And bloody set of executions,
Earthquake, and hunger and the flames,
The death of justice, crime’s intrusion…
And caught with fear, cold and smooth,
The fair face flames as one of lovers’,
But sound with prophetic truth
The lips that the bloody foam covers!…
A few random poems:
- Poetic Justice by Robby Charters
- Epigram on an Innkeeper (“The Marquis”) by Robert Burns
- To A Lady On The Death Of Her Husband by Phillis Wheatley
- Tall Claims by Satish Verma
- Олег Григорьев – Тонет муха в сладости
- Robert Burns: Epitaph On Wm. Hood, Senr., In Tarbolton:
- Олег Григорьев – Я спросил электрика Петрова
- Joy of giving by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
- Robert Burns: Clarinda, Mistress Of My Soul:
- Arithmetic on the Frontier by Rudyard Kipling
- A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay by William Topaz McGonagall
- Владимир Высоцкий – В белье плотной вязки
- Жан де Лафонтен – Совет Мышей
- The Freshness by Rumi
- Ape by Russell Edson
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
- Sonnet I
- Sonnet 12
- Sonnet 11
- Sonnet 10
- Sonnet 08
- Sonnet 07
- Sonnet 06
- Sonnet 05
- Sonnet 04
- Sonnet 03
- Sonnet 02
- Sonnet 01
- Resurgam
- Rendezvous
- On The Cliffs Newport
- On A Theme In The Greek Anthology
- Ode In Memory Of The American Volunteers Fallen For France
- Maktoob
- Lyonesse
- Liebestod
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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
Alexander Blok (1880-1921), also Block, was a Russian poet, writer, publicist, playwright, translator and literary critic. A classic of Russian literature.