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
- Thanksgiving for a Habitat by W H Auden
- Desert Places by Robert Frost
- Daryl, My Son by Ronald G. Auguste
- Sonnet 02
- THE WARS by Satish Verma
- Sonnet Xi
- The Boa Constrictor Song by Shel Silverstein
- The First Part: Sonnet 5 – How that vast heaven intitled First is roll’d, by William Drummond
- Maudlin by Sylvia Plath
- Sonnet LIX by William Shakespeare
- Waking at 3 a.m. by William Stafford
- The Redbreast Chasing The Butterfly by William Wordsworth
- The Silver Moon by Sappho
- Василий Курочкин – Мы всё смешное косим, косим
- Aspiration
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).
