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:
- To The Autumn Wind poem – Alfred Austin
- You Look Up Pictures of Icelandic Ponies by Ruth Madievsky
- Robert Burns: The Holy Fair:
- Can You See The Pride In The Panther? by Tupac Shakur
- Father Divine poem – A. D. Winans poems | Poetry Monster
- Peddler Road Flyover by Vinita Agrawal
- Sonnet 3: Look in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewest by William Shakespeare
- Repentance by William Wordsworth
- Job Interview by William Matthews
- Where The Mind Is Without Fear by Rabindranath Tagore
- Mark The Concentrated Hazels That Enclose by William Wordsworth
- Омар Хайям – Если гурия страстно целует в уста
- Another on the said Occasion by Robert Burns
- Николай Гумилев – Кармен худа, коричневатый
- Иван Елагин – Спрашивал ответа
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
- Snapshots Of A Daughter In Law
- Shattered Head
- Rural Reflections
- Prospective Immigrants Please Note
- Power
- Planetarium
- Paula Becker To Clara Westhoff
- Our Whole Life
- Orion
- On Edges
- November 1968
- My Mouth Hovers Across Your Breasts
- Moving In Winter
- Miracle Ice Cream
- Living In Sin
- Integrity
- In Those Years
- In The Evening
- In A Classroom
- Implosions
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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.