A poem by Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
Why should you be astonished that my heart,
Plunged for so long in darkness and in dearth,
Should be revived by you, and stir and start
As by warm April now, reviving Earth?
I am the field of undulating grass
And you the gentle perfumed breath of Spring,
And all my lyric being, when you pass,
Is bowed and filled with sudden murmuring.
I asked you nothing and expected less,
But, with that deep, impassioned tenderness
Of one approaching what he most adores,
I only wished to lose a little space
All thought of my own life, and in its place
To live and dream and have my joy in yours.
A few random poems:
- English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 23.1. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
- Юнна Мориц – Зимнее
- The Lesson by Maya Angelou
- Юлия Жадовская – Лучший перл таится
- Николай Заболоцкий – Царица мух
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Одиночество
- Sonnet CXIV by William Shakespeare
- Олег Сердобольский – Во дворе
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Богач
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня про стукача
- The Delibash poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Gangrene by Philip Levine
- On Time poem – John Milton poems
- The Sash by Sharon Olds
- Haiku: His Little Drum by Monty Gilmer
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
- Огюст Барбье – Лев
- Огюст Барбье – Леонардо да Винчи
- Огюст Барбье – Кьяйя
- Огюст Барбье – Котел
- Огюст Барбье – Корреджо
- Огюст Барбье – Кола ди Риенци
- Огюст Барбье – Известность
- Огюст Барбье – Идол
- Огюст Барбье – Эпилог
- Огюст Барбье – Джульетта милая
- Огюст Барбье – Джин
- Огюст Барбье – Дант
- Огюст Барбье – Чимароза
- Огюст Барбье – Бук
- Огюст Барбье – Берега моря
- Огюст Барбье – Барабанщик Барра
- Огюст Барбье – Аллегри
- Новелла Матвеева – Закон песен
- Новелла Матвеева – Я, говорит, не воин
- Новелла Матвеева – Художник, незнакомый с поощреньем
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
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.