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:
- Robert Burns: Extempore On Some Commemorations Of Thomson:
- The Iliad: Book VI (excerpt) poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- We put the urn aboard ship by Sappho
- Василий Тредиаковский – Песенка любовна
- Love’s Unity poem – Alfred Austin
- Learning to Study – Hindrances to Study
- Омар Хайям – Что плоть твоя, Хайям?
- Robert Burns: Sonnet On The Death Of Robert Riddell: Of Glenriddell and Friars’ Carse.
- What The Thrush Said. Lines From A Letter To John Hamilton Reynolds poem – John Keats poems
- SNAKE CHARMING by Satish Verma
- Song Of The Colours By Taj Mahomed
- Олег Бундур – Хорошее слово
- Robert Burns: Epistle To James Tennant Of Glenconner:
- Telescope by Mark R Slaughter
- Robert Burns: The Cooper O’ Cuddy:
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
- tears.html
- simple_heart.html
- silence.html
- she.html
- sealed_appropriate.html
- seal.html
- sea_salt_a_villanelle.html
- salamis_quot.html
- sacrifice_and_love.html
- poetry_and_politics.html
- plato.html
- paralipomemnon.html
- our_refuge.html
- one_sweet_white_light.html
- new_land.html
- motionless_body.html
- mother.html
- minimalism_and_the_elm_choka.html
- mark.html
- love_flower.html
More external links (open in a new tab):
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
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.