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:
- One Viceroy Resigns by Rudyard Kipling
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- Did Not by Thomas Moore
- The Ploughman’s Life by Robert Burns
- The Bath-Tub poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Fragment on Sensibility by Robert Burns
- The Ballad of Fisher’s Boarding-House by Rudyard Kipling
- XI: Some Verses: To His Worthy Friend Master Walter Quin by William Alexander
- Extemporaneous Effusion on being appointed to an Excise Division by Robert Burns
- A Hillside Thaw by Robert Frost
- Before They Were Mothers by Sappho
- Нина Воронель – Осенняя симфония
- Leszko The Bastard poem – Alfred Austin
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- Release poem – A. R. Ammons poems | Poetry Monster
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
- Poem (The lump of coal my parents teased) by William Matthews
- Beautiful Balmoral by William Topaz McGonagall
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- Attempted Assassination of the Queen by William Topaz McGonagall
- Annie Marshall the Foundling by William Topaz McGonagall
- An Ode to the Queen by William Topaz McGonagall
- An Autumn Reverie by William Topaz McGonagall
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- A Tribute to Mr Murphy and the Blue Ribbon Army by William Topaz McGonagall
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More external links (open in a new tab):
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