O Homeland! O Eagle,
Plunging, through the bars of my cell,
Your fiery beak in my eyes!
All I possess in the presence of death
Is pride and fury.
I have willed that my heart be planted as a tree,
That my forehead become an abode for skylarks.
O eagle,
I am unworthy of your lofty wing,
I prefer a crown of flame.
O homeland!
We were born and raised in your wound,
And ate the fruit of your trees,
To witness the birth of your daybreak.
O eagle unjustly languishing in chains,
O legendary death which once was sought,
Your fiery beak is still plunged in my eye.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Sonnet 28: How can I then return in happy plight by William Shakespeare
- Robert Burns: What Can A Young Lassie Do Wi’ An Auld Man:
- To a friend by Vinko Kalinić
- The Ravaged Face by Sylvia Plath
- Омар Хайям – Нет ни рая, ни ада, о сердце моё
- Владимир Динец – Над степью весенней
- Inflexible As Fate poem – Alfred Austin
- The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats
- Where Have We All Gone by Mary Etta Metcalf
- Ольга Седакова – В винном отделе
- Владимир Маяковский – Работникам стиха и прозы, на лето едущим в колхозы
- How a Little Girl Sang by Vachel Lindsay
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Стучись, упорствуя, Кирка
- Николай Заболоцкий – Птичий двор
- Олег Сердобольский – Алмазная снежинка
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
