I came home and found a lion in my room…
[First draft of “The Lion for Real” CP 174-175]
A lion met America
in the road
they stared at each other
two figures on the crossroads in the desert.
America screamed
The lion roared
They leaped at each other
America desperate to win
Fighting with bombs, flamethrowers,
knives forks submarines.
The lion ate America, bit off her head
and loped off to the golden hills
that’s all there is to say
about america except
that now she’s
lionshit all over the desert.
A few random poems:
- Константин Бальмонт – Над морем
- Prayer, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s poem: Prière by T. Wignesan.
- It is a Show by Rixa White
- Владимир Высоцкий – Серенада Соловья-разбойника
- Night Launch by Sonya Ki Tomlinson
- Ольга Берггольц – Так еще ни разу не забыла
- Publishing Poetry – How To Locate The Best Markets Where You Can See Your Poems In Print
- Ольга Берггольц – Бабье лето (надо любить, жалеть, прощать)
- Иван Барков – Торжественным воротам
- Olney Hymn 31: On The Death Of A Minister by William Cowper
- The Song Of The Jellicles by T. S. Eliot
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня автомобилиста
- Омар Хайям – Чем пустыми мечтами себя донимать
- Coal-Truck by T. Wignesan
- A Painting Morning
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 Defiance Of Eteocles
- The Decree Of Athena
- The Complaint Of Prometheus
- The Beacon Fires
- The Battle Of Salamis
- Song Of The Furies
- Prometheus Amid Hurricane And Earthquake
- Prayer Artemis
- Lament Two Brothers Slain Each Other039s Hand
- Lament For The Two Brothers Slain By Each Others Hand
- Fragment From Aeschylus
- Complaint Prometheus
- Battle Salamis
- A Prayer For Artemis
- On Twitter
- Victory
- Valediction Forbidding Mourning
- Two Songs
- Stepping Backward
- Snapshots Of A Daughter In Law By Adrienne Rich
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
