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:
- Robert Burns: The Battle Of Sherramuir:
- Threads of Gold by Ronald G. Auguste
- Woman And The Weed poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Нина Воронель – Предчувствие погрома
- Георгий Иванов – Танцуй, монах, танцуй, поэт
- Ashes of Soldiers. by Walt Whitman
- Song—Bessy and her Spinnin Wheel by Robert Burns
- Николай Карамзин – Пророчество на 1799 год, найденное в бумагах Нострадамуса
- Валерий Брюсов – К.Д. Бальмонту (Вечно вольный, вечно юный)
- Chorus of Youths and Virgins poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Владимир Вишневский – Долго же мы друг друга откладывали
- Pheasant by Sylvia Plath
- Алексей Толстой – Рука Алкида тяжела
- Sonnet 76: Why is my verse so barren of new pride? by William Shakespeare
- Pursuit by Sylvia Plath
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
- A Smuggler’s Song by Rudyard Kipling
- A Ripple Song by Rudyard Kipling
- A Recantation by Rudyard Kipling
- A Pict Song by Rudyard Kipling
- A Nativity by Rudyard Kipling
- A General Summary by Rudyard Kipling
- A Code of Morals by Rudyard Kipling
- A Charm by Rudyard Kipling
- A Carol by Rudyard Kipling
- You Personify God’s Message by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Who Says Words With My Mouth? by Rumi
- Who is at my door? by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- When I am asleep and crumbling in the tomb by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- What Hidden Sweetness Is There by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Weary not of us, for we are very beautiful by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- We Are As The Flute by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Until You’ve Found Pain by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Two Kinds of Intelligence by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- At the Twilight by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- This is Love by Rumi
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