Houses
by A. S. J. Tessimond
People who are afraid of themselves
Multiply themselves into families
And so divide themselves
And so become less afraid.
People who might have to go out
Into clanging strangers’ laughter,
Crowd under roofs, make compacts
To no more than smile at each other.
People who might meet their own faces
Or surprise their own voices in doorways
Build themselves rooms without mirrors
And live between walls without echoes.
People who might meet other faces
And unknown voices round corners
Build themselves rooms all mirrors
And live between walls all echoes.
People who are afraid to go naked
Clothe themselves in families, houses,
But are still afraid of death
Because death one day will undress them.
A few random poems:
- A Charm by Rudyard Kipling
- Farewell to Hsin Chien at Hibiscus Pavilion by Wang Wei
- Владимир Маяковский – Бродвей
- Robert Burns: Epigram On Miss Davies: On being asked why she had been formed so little, and Mrs. A-so big.
- Sonnet CX by William Shakespeare
- I Once Knew A Woman by Shel Silverstein
- Валерий Брюсов – In hас lackimarum valle (в этой долине слез )
- Yarrow Visited by William Wordsworth
- Владимир Костров – Смуту и безверье не приемль
- Epitaphs Translated From Chiabrera by William Wordsworth
- Song—Anna, thy Charms by Robert Burns
- In Praise Of Henna by Sarojini Naidu
- Abt Vogler by Robert Browning
- In Imitation of Spenser : The Alley poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- An Encounter by Robert Frost
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
- Phantasm
- Long I waited in vain
- was_then.html
- phantasm.html
- long_i_waited_in_vain.html
- Wind on the Hill by A. A. Milne
- Us Two by AA Milne
- twinkletoes.html
- The Morning Walk
- the_kings_breakfast.html
- the_dormouse_and_the_doctor.html
- the_christening.html
- Teddy Bear
- rice_pudding.html
- politeness.html
- Missing
- market_square.html
- lines_and_squares.html
- if_i_were_king.html
- hoppity.html
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works