Not a Star
by Adonis
Neither a star,
nor a prophet’s inspiration,
nor a face praying to the moon, is Mihyar.
Here he comes
like a pagan spear,
invading the land of letters,
bleeding
and raising to the sun
his bleeding.
Here he is,
wearing the nakedness of stone
and praying to the caves.
Here he is,
cuddling the light Earth.
Songs of Mihyar the Damamscene
Copyright ©:
translated by Kamal Abu-Deeb
A few random poems:
- Владимир Луговской – Спасибо
- A London Thoroughfare. 2 A.M. poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Маяковский – Свидетельствую
- Михаил Кузмин – Уж не слышен конский топот
- Flamenco Flamingo by Ross D Tyler
- Robert Burns: Ae Fond Kiss, And Then We Sever:
- Эмиль Верхарн – Заблуждение
- doughnuts for sale by Raj Arumugam
- Soledad by Robert Hayden
- The Waist of Time by The Waist of Time
- Minstrels by William Wordsworth
- Black Rook In Rainy Weather by Sylvia Plath
- The January Birds by Maurice Riordan
- Михаил Лермонтов – Весна
- Олег Григорьев – Крадучись, точно вор
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
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
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
