A poem by Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963)
Evenings in trains,
When the little black twittering ghosts
Along the brims of cuttings,
Against the luminous sky,
Interrupt with their hurrying rumour every thought
Save that one is young and setting,
Headlong westering,
And there is no recapture.
A few random poems:
- Hymn To Death by William Cullen Bryant
- Still poem – A. R. Ammons poems | Poetry Monster
- Face To Face by Rabindranath Tagore
- Peddler Road Flyover by Vinita Agrawal
- Mild is the Parting Year by Walter Savage Landor
- Николай Гумилев – О, если я весь мир постиг
- Николай Языков – П. В. Киреевскому (Ты крепкий, праведный стоятель)
- Sandys Ghost ; A Proper Ballad on the New Ovid’s Metamorphosis poem – Alexander Pope
- The Bell From Europe by Weldon Kees
- Robert Burns: Epistle To John Maxwell, ESQ., Of Terraughty : On His Birthday.
- A Bowl Of Roses by William Ernest Henley
- Ольга Берггольц – Обещание
- Robert Burns: Inscription To Miss Graham Of Fintry:
- Владимир Маяковский – Ни знахарство, ни благодать бога в болезни не подмога
- Низами Гянджеви – Я долго шел по лугу лет
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
- Arms and the Man by Siegfried Sassoon
- Arcady Unheeding by Siegfried Sassoon
- Ancient History by Siegfried Sassoon
- Ancestors by Siegfried Sassoon
- An Old French Poet by Siegfried Sassoon
- Alone by Siegfried Sassoon
- Aftermath by Siegfried Sassoon
- Absolution by Siegfried Sassoon
- A Working Party by Siegfried Sassoon
- A Whispered Tale by Siegfried Sassoon
- A Wanderer by Siegfried Sassoon
- A Subaltern by Siegfried Sassoon
- A Poplar and the Moon by Siegfried Sassoon
- A Mystic As Soldier by Siegfried Sassoon
- A Letter Home by Siegfried Sassoon
- A Child’s Prayer by Siegfried Sassoon
- Night Launch by Sonya Ki Tomlinson
- Long For This World by Sophie Hannah
- LIGHT ECHOES by Sonya Ki Tomlinson
- Life Brings Me to this Journey. by Stephen Sweitzer
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Alcaeus of Mytilene ( c. 625/620 – c. 580 Before Christ) ] was a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos who is credited with inventing the Alcaic stanza. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria.