Night Piece
by A. S. J. Tessimond
Climb, claim your shelf-room, far
Packed from inquisitive moon
And cold contagious stars.
Lean out, but look no longer,
No further, than to stir
Night with extended finger.
Now fill the box with light,
Flood full the shining block,
Masonry against night.
Let window, curtain, blind
Soft-sieve and sift and shred
The impertinence of sound.
Now draw the silence up,
A blanket round your ears;
Lay darkness close and sure,
Inverted cup to cup
On your acquiescent eyes:
Dismissing body’s last outposted spies.
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- Coming To This by Mark Strand
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- Chain Of Pearls by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Bagpipe Who Didn’t Say No by Shel Silverstein
- Ad Martialem by Robert Louis Stevenson
- A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay by William Topaz McGonagall
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- Олег Бундур – Про чемпионов
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- Buddha at Kamakura by Rudyard Kipling
- Song Of The Master And Boatswain by W H Auden
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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
- Recollection
- Practising The Anthem
- Practising Anthem
- Peace
- On Australian Hills
- Mirage
- Memoriam
- Mates
- Lord Nevils Advice
- Lord Nevil039s Advice
- Looking In The Fire
- Looking Fire
- Learn
- Last Battle Cid
- Influence
- Individuality
- In Memoriam
- Honour
- Home Sick
- Holy Communion
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works