nominalism is a liquid kuhi
by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
solomonic column, white
scraped clean of spirals
here lies a similar name
safe, lamp-lit passage
maybe tomorrow, a shine
as a flute flourished
flushed garlands atop, around
us wet down, barley sugar
too extravagant with hope?
frugal enough with old dreams?
preserved, these dreams flower white
as sitting exhorts us, still
as a liturgy cooing
its soliloquy
new and different
a silent weeping, whisper
to recover this –
an ice-sheet soul, white
flash, bright glacial creak
The Oral Tradition
Copyright ©:
Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
A few random poems:
- Оливер Голдсмит – Опровержение логики
- Владимир Маяковский – Нынче бар в России нет… (Главполитпросвет №37)
- Федор Сологуб – Водой спокойной отражены
- Юлия Друнина – В семнадцать
- To a Commencement of Scoundrels by Samuel Hazo
- Николай Карамзин – Прости
- Robert Burns: Thou Hast Left Me Ever, Jamie:
- The Evening Light poem – Alfred Austin
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Молкнущий вечер во мгле
- Федор Сологуб – Займитесь чтением в вагоне
- Robert Burns: The Twa Dogs: A Tale
- Out of Your Love by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Алексей Плещеев – Как солнце блещет ярко
- Владимир Маяковский – Неразбериха
- On the Circuit by W. H. Auden
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
- Playing With Big Numbers
- Percy Janes Boarding The Bus
- One Word
- Once She Dreamed
- O God
- Notebook Of A Return To The Native Land
- Night Words
- Negligence
- Mustard Flowers
- Meditation With Feet
- Love
- Little Talk
- Light The Festive Candles
- Levitation
- Labor Pains
- Labels
- Kalli
- Insect039s Nest
- In This Cul De Sac
- I See Chile In My Rearview Mirror
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
