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:
- dawned_again.html
- Robert Burns: The Slave’s Lament:
- Attention please! Attention please! by Roald Dahl
- Gray Room by Wallace Stevens
- Lines Written in Windsor Forest poem – Alexander Pope
- The Nights Remember by Sara Teasdale
- Омар Хайям – Мы больше в этот мир вовек не попадем
- Under Cover of Night by Robert Desnos
- Зинаида Александрова – Ромашки
- The Swans poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- To – – – – –
- Ольга Берггольц – Ни до серебряной и ни до золотой
- Владимир Британишский – Автопортрет Давида
- Broken Love by William Blake
- Basic Overhaul by Nijole Miliauskaite
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
- Golden Eyes
- From Behind The Lattice
- Feroza
- Feroke
- Fate Knows No Tears
- Farewell
- Fancy
- Famine Song
- Early Love
- Disappointment
- Deserted Gipsys Song Hillside Camp
- Dedication
- Dedication To Malcolm Nicolson
- Camp Followers Song Gomal River
- Back To The Border
- Au Salon
- Atavism
- Ashore
- Among The Sandhills
- Among The Rice Fields
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