O the chimneys
On the carefully planned dwellings of death
When Israel’s body rose dissolved in smoke
Through the air –
To be welcomed by a chimney sweep star
Turned black
Or was it a ray of the sun?
O the chimneys!
Paths of freedom for the dust of Jeremiah and Job –
Who dreamed you up and built stone upon stone
The path of smoke for their flight?
O dwellings of death
Set out so enticingly
For the host of the house, who used to be the guest –
O you fingers
Laying the stone of the threshold
Like a knife between life and death –
O you chimneys
O you fingers
And Israel’s body dissolves in smoke through the air!
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Michelle Obama Tribute by Susan King Saunders
- On Niobe (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- The Grandmother poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Михаил Кузмин – Возвращение
- Олег Григорьев – Схватили за ногу правую
- King And No King by William Butler Yeats
- The Routine Things Around The House by Stephen Dunn
- All That’s Past by Walter de la Mare
- Валерий Брюсов – И он взглянул, и ты уснула, и он ушел, и умер день
- Robert Burns: On A Swearing Coxcomb:
- Eveleen’s Bower by Thomas Moore
- Introspection In Evening poem – Amy Cavanaugh poems | Poems and Poetry
- Ojira To Her Lover
- How Many Bards Gild The Lapses Of Time! poem – John Keats poems
- The Boa Constrictor Song by Shel Silverstein
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
