sitting beside the very street
on a dilapidated bench, paint peeling
people stroll past, children scurry
an infant left in a carriage outside a shop wails
wearing a small blue beret, the kind tractor drivers wear
a thick raincoat from who knows how long ago, high rubber boots
he sits, eating ice cream with wafers
two more portions on the bench, beside him
old, unkempt cheeks,
alone, by himself,
buses stopping before the shops
he sits and calmly eats ice cream
it’s hot, the end of May
around him
a magic circle spreads
quiet and solitude
End of the poem
15 random poems
- The Dying of America and How to Save Her
- Your souls are ours by Philo Ikonya
- Romantic Hour by Suuk Simon Subinimah
- All About You by Shel Silverstein
- Вера Павлова – за руку здороваться с рекой
- Dawned Again
- A Lost Friend, I Never Had by Renu Ayyar
- Autumn by Ramesh Anand
- Armies in the Fire by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Наум Коржавин – Поэзия не страсть, а власть
- Николай Карамзин – Из мелодрамы Петр Великий (Жил был в свете добрый царь)
- Robert Burns: The Lass O’ Ballochmyle:
- Money by William Henry Davies
- Lovers on Aran by Seamus Heaney
- Lines on Fergusson, the Poet by Robert Burns
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
