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
- Lord when the wise men came from farr by Sidney Godolphin
- Омар Хайям – Нищим дервишем ставши
- Post coitum omne animal triste est sive gallus et mulier by T. Wignesan.
- As We Like It by W H Auden
- Олег Бундур – Вращения
- Life by Sarojini Naidu
- Books And Thoughts
- Robert Burns: Kellyburn Braes:
- Михаил Кузмин – Туманный день пройдет уныло
- Омар Хайям – Лучше пить и веселых красавиц ласкать
- Primer by Rita Dove
- A Girl’s Garden by Robert Frost
- Atlantis by W H Auden
- Conqueror by Russell Hughes Ragsdale
- September 1, 1802 by William Wordsworth
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).
