A poem by Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
Exiled afar from youth and happy love,
If Death should ravish my fond spirit hence
I have no doubt but, like a homing dove,
It would return to its dear residence,
And through a thousand stars find out the road
Back into earthly flesh that was its loved abode.
A few random poems:
- Aftermath poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- At the Galleria Shopping Mall by Tony Hoagland
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Смерть в Мессине
- A Morning Exercise by William Wordsworth
- Владимир Маяковский – Сказка о Пете, толстом ребенке, и о Симе, который тонкий
- Mortal Limit by Robert Penn Warren
- The Hip by William Somervile
- Epigram on a Swearing Coxcomb by Robert Burns
- The Battle Of Killie-Crankie poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Laila and the Khalifa by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Gazel poem – Yahya Kemal Beyatli poems | Poetry Monster
- Владимир Высоцкий – Не возьмут и невзгоды в крутой оборот…
- Pan to Artemis poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Sonnet Iii
- The Soul of the City Receives the Gift of the Holy Spirit by Vachel Lindsay
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
- The Deserted Garden
- The Bayadere
- The Aisne
- Tezcotzinco
- Sonnet Xvi Who Shall Invoke Her
- Sonnet Xv
- Sonnet Xiv
- Sonnet Xiii
- Sonnet Xii
- Sonnet Xi
- Sonnet X
- Sonnet Viii
- Sonnet Vii
- Sonnet Vi
- Sonnet V
- Sonnet Ix
- Sonnet Iv
- Sonnet Iii
- Sonnet Ii
- Sonnet I
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Alan Seeger (1888-1916) was an American war poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the brother of Charles Seeger, a noted American pacifist and musicologist and the uncle of folk musician, Pete Seeger.