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:
- The Tent poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Sonet 43 by William Alexander
- Remembrance poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Two Lacquer Prints poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Cavalry Crossing a Ford. by Walt Whitman
- Sabbath, My Love poem – Yehudah ha-Levi poems | Poetry Monster
- The Voice of Robert Desnos by Robert Desnos
- The Deserted Garden
- Владимир Маяковский – Новые силы в III Интернационале!.. (РОСТА №891)
- Владимир Луговской – Мертвый хватает живого
- In The Valley Of The Elwy poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Dumb poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Wake Not for the World-Heard Thunder poem – A. E. Housman
- Владимир Высоцкий – Оплавляются свечи на старинный паркет
- Владимир Маяковский – Вот советской России враги. С каждым боритесь, пока не погиб (РОСТА № 179)
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
- Playing With Big Numbers
- Percy Janes Boarding The Bus
- One Word
- Once She Dreamed
- O God
- Notebook Of A Return To The Native Land
- Night Words
- Negligence
- Mustard Flowers
- Meditation With Feet
- Love
- Little Talk
- Light The Festive Candles
- Levitation
- Labor Pains
- Labels
- Kalli
- Insect039s Nest
- In This Cul De Sac
- I See Chile In My Rearview Mirror
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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.