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:
- Petrarchan Sonnet: If no one else breathed in this wide, wide world by T. Wignesan
- Untitled X by Yunus Emre
- A Fountain, a Bottle, a Donkey’s Ears, and Some Books by Robert Frost
- Among the Rocks by Robert Browning
- My Mistress Commanding Me to Return Her Letters. by Thomas Carew
- Crows and Hawks by Richard Schiffman
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня о штангисте
- Woman Work by Maya Angelou
- Владимир Маяковский – Били раз… (РОСТА №631)
- Hudibras and Milton Reconciled by William Somervile
- The Bonifratrian Hospital by Nijole Miliauskaite
- Ольга Берггольц – Ты в пустыню меня послала
- Letter to my father by Preeth Nambiar
- Николай Языков – Д. Н. Свербееву (Во имя Руси, милый брат)
- Наум Коржавин – Меня, как видно, Бог не звал
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
- Give Me Back My Rags #12 by Vasko Popa
- The Prisoners Of The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- The Craftsmen Of The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- Before The Game by Vasko Popa
- Far Within Us #1 by Vasko Popa
- The Benefactors Of The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- The Enemies Of The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- Hide-And-Seek by Vasko Popa
- The Owners Of The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- Race by Vasko Popa
- In The Village Of My Ancestors by Vasko Popa
- Last News About The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- Give Me Back My Rags by Vasko Popa
- Far Within Us #5 by Vasko Popa
- Far Within Us #4 by Vasko Popa
- A Forgetful Number by Vasko Popa
- A Conceited Mistake by Vasko Popa
- Words – “My only friends forever” by Vasishta Sharma Gudi
- Winter Wind by Vasil Slavov
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