A poem by Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
Who shall invoke her, who shall be her priest,
With single rites the common debt to pay?
On some green headland fronting to the East
Our fairest boy shall kneel at break of day.
Naked, uplifting in a laden tray
New milk and honey and sweet-tinctured wine,
Not without twigs of clustering apple-spray
To wreath a garland for Our Lady’s shrine.
The morning planet poised above the sea
Shall drop sweet influence through her drowsing lid;
Dew-drenched, his delicate virginity
Shall scarce disturb the flowers he kneels amid,
That, waked so lightly, shall lift up their eyes,
Cushion his knees, and nod between his thighs.
A few random poems:
- What would I do without this world by Samuel Beckett
- Homage To A Government by Philip Larkin
- The Bridge by Shel Silverstein
- София Парнок – Белой ночью
- Gray Room by Wallace Stevens
- Sonnet 34: Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day by William Shakespeare
- Last Words poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- My Beach by Robert Saltzman
- Song—A Lass wi’ a Tocher by Robert Burns
- To Morrow
- Pursuit by Sylvia Plath
- The Homestead by William Barnes
- Poor Fisherman
- Consumption by William Cullen Bryant
- Гавриил Державин – Желание в горняя
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
- Verdad Innegable by Victoria Luisa Mora Paoli
- Unsaid by Victoria Bukofske
- Unapologetic by Vikrant Sapkota
- To share by Victor A. Bueno M.
- Thrones In Heaven by Victoria Rose
- They Did Not Expect This by Vernon Scannell
- The Terrible Abstractions by Vernon Scannell
- The Men Who Wear My Clothes by Vernon Scannell
- The Loving Game by Vernon Scannell
- The Great War by Vernon Scannell
- Sunshine by Vin lan
- Snake eggs by Victor A. Bueno M.
- Silver Wedding by Vernon Scannell
- Schoolroom On A Wet Afternoon by Vernon Scannell
- They Did Not Expect This by Vernon Scannell
- Schoolroom On A Wet Afternoon by Vernon Scannell
- NOCHE MARINA by Victoria l.mora paoli
- NO SE VIVIR ASI by victoria luisa mora paoli
- Nettles by Vernon Scannell
- My Journey by Vikki Bonyata
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.