pathos is the skyward tanka
by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
a mother swathed in muslin
scavenging, rubble
behind the sea of biscay
a burned down house on a mound
a bargain respect, absent
what was us, what was sweet home
lost to an ornery sound
shanks pressed into the pallid
how they grieve even –
in flight, there’s nothing
no coast, of drift, remembrance
so she writes because
she forgets what she puts down
rope and field of lies
rising flames, a white refrain
driftpin verse forms miscreant
as if resting on water –
a sail, ascension
Red Ochre Lit
Copyright ©:
Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
A few random poems:
- Наум Коржавин – Еж и Заяц
- Владимир Маяковский – Для чего оттягивают паны мириться?.. (РОСТА №264)
- Sea God and the wind rose by Vinko Kalinić
- Владимир Орлов – Добрый день
- The New Decalogue poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Ever-Patient Woman poem – Andree Chedid poems | Poems and Poetry
- Snakecharmer by Sylvia Plath
- Intrigued with Evening by Jelaluddin Rumi
- Владимир Маяковский – Первый из пяти
- Robert Burns: A Bottle And Friend:
- The Vaudois by William Wordsworth
- Николай Карамзин – Пророчество на 1799 год, найденное в бумагах Нострадамуса
- Robert Burns: Epitaph For Gavin Hamilton, Esq.:
- The Song of Death by Robert Burns
- Николай Гумилев – О, если я весь мир постиг
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
- In a Spring Grove by William Allingham
- Half-waking by William Allingham
- Down on the Shore by William Allingham
- Autumnal Sonnet by William Allingham
- An Evening by William Allingham
- Amy Margaret’s Five Year Old by William Allingham
- After Sunset by William Allingham
- Aeolian Harp by William Allingham
- Adieu to Belshanny by William Allingham
- Abbey Assaroe by William Allingham
- A Singer by William Allingham
- A Seed by William Allingham
- A Memory by William Allingham
- A Gravestone by William Allingham
- A Dream by William Allingham
- A Day-Dream’s Reflection by William Allingham
- Zunsheen In The Winter by William Barnes
- Zummer Thoughts In Winter Time by William Barnes
- Zummer Evenèn Dance by William Barnes
- A Zong by William Barnes
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
