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:
- Валерий Брюсов – К большой медведице
- Consolatorium, Ad Parentes by William Strode
- Hades’ Pitch by Rita Dove
- In A Cuban Garden by Sara Teasdale
- Владимир Корнилов – Командировка на Север
- Нина Воронель – Я не хочу опять вернуться в детство
- Николай Глазков – 9-е мая
- Стефан Малларме – Гробница Эдгара По
- Николай Гумилев – Он воздвигнул свой храм на горе
- Владимир Маяковский – Товарищу Нетте, пароходу и человеку
- Николай Гумилев – Леопарди (Набросок)
- We Are To Play The Game Of Death by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Hawthorn Tree by Willa Cather
- My Search by Renu Ayyar
- Doomes-Day: The Second Houre by William Alexander
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
- Holding On by Satish Verma
- Hepatica by Satish Verma
- Haltering by Satish Verma
- Half-Man by Satish Verma
- Gyrations by Satish Verma
- Green Circle by Satish Verma
- Gray Dawn by Satish Verma
- Glitches by Satish Verma
- GESTURES by Satish Verma
- Furious Wounds by Satish Verma
- Flirting by Satish Verma
- Flickering Dream by Satish Verma
- Fierce Mooning by Satish Verma
- Father’s Day by Satish Verma
- Faces by Satish Verma
- EXISTENTIAL DILEMMMA by Satish Verma
- Eternal Drift by Satish Verma
- Entranced by Satish Verma
- Enigmatic by Satish Verma
- Engagements by Satish Verma
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