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:
- Let me draw your face by St Antoine de la Vuadi
- Poet Herodia of ancient Pincaeia by Raj Arumugam
- Where Is David, the Next King of Israel? by Vachel Lindsay
- Владимир Маяковский – Наврут полный короб… (Главполитпросвет №68)
- Николай Гумилев – Мадагаскар
- Константин Бальмонт – На мотив псалма XVIII-гo
- A Three-Part Song by Rudyard Kipling
- The Illusion of Love by Sarojini Naidu
- Владимир Маяковский – Пахали сохой — запашем трактором (Главполитпросвет №42)
- Lover’s Gifts XLVIII: I Travelled the Old Road by Rabindranath Tagore
- Владислав Ходасевич – Нет, молодость, ты мне была верна
- The Holy Grail poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Surf Song
- The Garden By Moonlight poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- To a woman, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s sonnet: A une femme by T. Wignesan.
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
- Dublinesque by Philip Larkin
- Dockery And Son by Philip Larkin
- Days by Philip Larkin
- Cut Grass by Philip Larkin
- Counting by Philip Larkin
- Continuing To Live by Philip Larkin
- Church Going by Philip Larkin
- Breadfruit by Philip Larkin
- Best Society by Philip Larkin
- Aubade by Philip Larkin
- At Grass by Philip Larkin
- Arrival by Philip Larkin
- Annus Mirabilis by Philip Larkin
- An Arundel Tomb by Philip Larkin
- Ambulances by Philip Larkin
- A Study Of Reading Habits by Philip Larkin
- You Can Have It by Philip Levine
- Wisteria by Philip Levine
- Where We Live Now by Philip Levine
- What Work Is by Philip Levine
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