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:
- Angels By The Door by William Barnes
- The Sun Underfoot Among The Sundews poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- Piety poem – by Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Олег Чупров – Не хочется мне славы громкой
- A Christmas Carol by William Topaz McGonagall
- For Sale by Shel Silverstein
- The ravings which my enemy uttered I heard within my heart by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Владимир Маяковский – Письмо Татьяне Яковлевой
- On King Arthur’s Round Table at Winchester by Thomas Warton
- Fragment of a Greek Tragedy poem – A. E. Housman
- Aquatic Nocturne by Sylvia Plath
- Vain
- Bathed in War’s Perfume. by Walt Whitman
- Юлия Жадовская – Чем ярче шумный пир
- Robert Burns: Scotch Drink :
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
- Woken Up By Beautiful Dreams
- The Poet Angels Who Came To Dinner
- The Nomad039s Vision Ode To A Skylark Dressed In Black
- The Man That Poetry Made
- Power Of Thought
- Once Was A Singer For God Remembering Nekia
- My Aroma
- Lost Love Is Never Lost
- Holiday Letter For A Poet Gone To War
- Gratitudes Of A Dozen Roses
- Every Hour Henceforth
- Cell Mate
- Calling The Spirits
- Angel Of Christmas Love Shining Bright
- Angel Of Better Days To Come
- All Night In Savannah The Wind Wrote Poetry
- The Solitary Oak On Mount Kremlin Bicetre
- The Prison Of The Past
- The Dead Woman
- Pathos Is The Skyward Tanka
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