A poem by Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC)
The fisher Diotimus had, at sea
And shore, the same abode of poverty–
His trusty boat;–and when his days were spent,
Therein self-rowed to ruthless Dis he went;
For that, which did through life his woes beguile,
Supplied the old man with a funeral pile.
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- Effrontery by Satish Verma
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- A Japanese Wood-Carving poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Peter by Marianne Moore
- “Look up, desponding hearts! See, Morning sallies” poem – Alfred Austin
- Immortal Indian Legend by Vasishta Sharma Gudi
- Does It Matter? by Siegfried Sassoon
- Михаил Лермонтов – Звуки и взор
- Николай Гумилев – Неизгладимы, нет, в моей судьбе
- Letter to my father by Preeth Nambiar
- Валерий Брюсов – Эту ночь я дышал тишиной
- Love Poem to My Husband of Thirty-one Years by Maria Mazziotti Gillan
- Николай Карамзин – Рогатому человеку
- What Is Woman But A Song! by Timothy Thomas Fortune
- All The Dead Dears by Sylvia Plath
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
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Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Swing Shift Blues
- Remembering An Account Executive
- Prison Song
- Portrait From The Infantry
- Plague Of Dead Sharks
- On Looking For Models
- On The Civil War On The East Coast Of The United States Of North America 1860 64
- On Hurricane Jackson
- On Being A Householder
- On A Seven Day Diary
- Nomenclature
- Monologue Of A Commercial Fisherman
- Internal Migration On Being On Tour
- Internal Migration Being Tour
- How We Heard The Name
- Fabrication Of Ancestors
- Elegy
- Drunken Memories Of Anne Sexton
- Civil War East Coast United States North America 1860 64
- Against A Sickness To The Female Double Principle God
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Alcaeus of Mytilene ( c. 625/620 – c. 580 Before Christ) ] was a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos who is credited with inventing the Alcaic stanza. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria.