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:
- 決定
- Sonnet 62: Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye by William Shakespeare
- The Convoy by Stephenie Tucker
- If The World Was Crazy by Shel Silverstein
- Николай Гумилев – На Дуксе ли, на Бенце ль я
- Как не бывает утро без рассвета
- Under A Portrait Of Jukowsky poem – Alexander Pushkin
- In Imitation of E. of Rochester : On Silence poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Scots, Wha Hae Wi’ Wallace Bled by Robert Burns
- Lost Time by Rabindranath Tagore
- Delinquency by Satish Verma
- In Spite Of by Patricia Farley
- Robert Burns: Lines To Mr. John Kennedy:
- Robert Burns: Handsome Nell:
- Poem by Murali Sivaramakrishnan
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
- Hand Dark
- Granny
- Future Verdict
- Easter Decorations
- Dawnlight On The Sea
- Dawn
- Dawn God039s Sabbath
- Candle Lord
- By The Camp Fire
- By A Norfolk Broad
- Baptistry
- Aunt Dorothys Lecture
- At Sea
- At Long Last
- An Old Doll
- An Anniversary
- All Saints Day 1868
- All Saints Day 1867
- After Our Likeness
- A Story At Dusk
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works