Poems by Alexander Block
(Alexander Blok poetry)
In English translation
(Russian originals, you’d have to switch to Russian, opens in a new tab)
Alexander Block, poems by Alexandre Block, also rendered as Blok and Alexandr Blok, in English translation. Alexander Block is a leading poet of the Russian symbolism movement, a literary giant of the fin de siècle through the Russian civil war period, though like many poets he, alas, doesn’t translate well.
A few random poems:
- The Praise Of Pindar In Imitation Of Horace His Second Ode Book 4
- Love Of Life poem – Alfred Austin
- Earliest Spring by William Dean Howells
- Sleep Spaces by Robert Desnos
- Sandys Ghost ; A Proper Ballad on the New Ovid’s Metamorphosis poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Ask Me No More poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Falling Action by Ruth Madievsky
- In The Forum poem – Alfred Austin
- Олег Григорьев – Схватили за ногу правую
- Олег Чупров – Богатство
- Night by William Morris
- Don’t Need Anything by Pat Mullan
- Love’s Harvest poem – Alfred Austin
- Tiger Drinking at Forest Pool by Ruth Padel
- Владимир Корнилов – Репертуар
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
- Snapshots Of A Daughter In Law
- Shattered Head
- Rural Reflections
- Prospective Immigrants Please Note
- Power
- Planetarium
- Paula Becker To Clara Westhoff
- Our Whole Life
- Orion
- On Edges
- November 1968
- My Mouth Hovers Across Your Breasts
- Moving In Winter
- Miracle Ice Cream
- Living In Sin
- Integrity
- In Those Years
- In The Evening
- In A Classroom
- Implosions
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works