A poem by Adrienne Cecile Rich (1929 – 2012)
In those years, people will say, we lost track
of the meaning of we, of you
we found ourselves
reduced to I
and the whole thing became
silly, ironic, terrible:
we were trying to live a personal life
and yes, that was the only life
we could bear witness to
But the great dark birds of history screamed and plunged
into our personal weather
They were headed somewhere else but their beaks and pinions drove
along the shore, through the rags of fog
where we stood, saying I
A few random poems:
- Impromptu on Dumourier’s Desertion of the French Republican Army by Robert Burns
- The Steeple-Jack by Marianne Moore
- I Do Not Speak by Stevie Smith
- Songs of Depression poem – Yang Wan-Li poems | Poetry Monster
- How Long by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Auntie’s Skirts by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Огюст Барбье – Покинутый
- Lovers on Aran by Seamus Heaney
- Владимир Маяковский – Товарищу Нетте, пароходу и человеку
- Иннокентий Анненский – Лаодамия (лирическая трагедия в 4 действиях с музыкальными антрактами)
- The Moon’s Truth (before the war) by Reena Ribalow
- A Question Answered poem – Alfred Austin
- Lines on the Fall of Fyers by Robert Burns
- Владимир Высоцкий – Милицейский протокол
- Olney Hymn 53: My Soul Thirsteth For God by William Cowper
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
- Gravity Suspended
- From Death
- Forfeiture
- For My Mother
- Fly Fly Butterfly
- Even The Rain
- Destiny Far Away
- Conversation
- Calling All Angels
- At The Locks Of The Void
- Anthem
- All In A Word
- A Teenage Pregnancy
- A Painting Morning
- A Child Of War
- Your Dream
- Ars Poetica
- The Vision Of Cassandra
- The Sacrifice Of Iphigenia
- The Lament Of The Old Nurse
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The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Adrienne Cecile Rich (1929 – 2012) was an American poet, essayist, and feminist.