A poem by Alistar Crowley (1875-1947)
Ware, nor of good nor ill, what aim hath act?
Without its climax, death, what savour hath
Life? an impeccable machine, exact
He paces an inane and pointless path
To glut brute appetites, his sole content
How tedious were he fit to comprehend
Himself! More, this our noble element
Of fire in nature, love in spirit, unkenned
Life hath no spring, no axle, and no end.
His body a bloody-ruby radiant
With noble passion, sun-souled Lucifer
Swept through the dawn colossal, swift aslant
On Eden’s imbecile perimeter.
He blessed nonentity with every curse
And spiced with sorrow the dull soul of sense,
Breathed life into the sterile universe,
With Love and Knowledge drove out innocence
The Key of Joy is disobedience.
A few random poems:
- Ольга Седакова – Как упавшую руку
- Василий Жуковский – К князю Вяземскому
- Владимир Маяковский – Сплетник
- The Rainy Day by Rabindranath Tagore
- Rains Have Come poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Маяковский – Вегетарианцы
- The Copper Beech by Marie Howe
- Владимир Маяковский – Смотри, рабочий! Вот о чем сегодня речь (Главполитпросвет №166)
- Гавриил Державин – Осень
- Николай Языков – А. Н. Вульфу (Теперь я в Камби, милый мой)
- A Mystic As Soldier by Siegfried Sassoon
- Ок Мельникова – Заповедь номер одиннадцать
- Upon The Sight Of A Beautiful Picture Painted By Sir G. H. Beaumont, Bart by William Wordsworth
- Robert Burns: The Twa Herds; Or, The Holy Tulyie: An Unco Mournfu’ Tale
- Winters!!! by Aditya Kumar
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
- The Carter by William Barnes
- The Bwoat by William Barnes
- The Brook That Ran By Gramfer’s by William Barnes
- The Bells Ov Alderburnham by William Barnes
- The Bean Vield by William Barnes
- The Beam In Grenley Church by William Barnes
- The Beäten Path by William Barnes
- The Bachelor by William Barnes
- Thatchen O’ The Rick by William Barnes
- Teaken In Apples by William Barnes
- Sweet Music In The Wind by William Barnes
- Sound O’ Water by William Barnes
- A Snowy Night by William Barnes
- Slow To Come, Quick Agone by William Barnes
- Sleep Did Come Wi’ The Dew by William Barnes
- Shrodon Feäir by William Barnes
- Shaftesbury Feäir by William Barnes
- Ruth A-Ridèn by William Barnes
- Rivers Don’t Gi’e Out by William Barnes
- Riden Hwome At Night by William Barnes
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
