A poem by Violet Nicolson, Lawrence Hope, Adela Florence Cory Nicolson (1865 – 1904)
The scarlet flower, with never a sister leaf,
Stemless, springs from the edge of the Cactus-thorn:
Thus from the ragged wounds of desperate grief
A beautiful Thought, perfect and pure, is born.
A few random poems:
- Tony Harrison – Tony Harrison
- A Fairy Tale poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Be Lost In The Call by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- The Amendis to the Telyouris and Sowtaris for the Turnament maid on thame
- Владимир Маяковский – Продналог оставил деревне много лишка… (Главполитпросвет №157)
- Алексей Жемчужников – Раскаяние
- The Spider and the Ghost of the Fly by Vachel Lindsay
- A Sorcerer Bids Farewell To Seem by Sylvia Plath
- Boa Constrictor by Shel Silverstein
- Михаил Кузмин – Врезанные в песок заливы
- Mauve Mittens by Vaishnavi Prakash
- Владимир Высоцкий – Надо с кем-то рассорить кого-то
- To a Young Lady, with the Illiad of Homer Translated by William Somervile
- Илья Эренбург – Взвился рыжий, ближе
- Олег Бундур – Родня
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
- everything is a lie by tulip
- Dreaming of Li Po by Tu Fu
- Day’s End by Tu Fu
- Can You See The Pride In The Panther? by Tupac Shakur
- By the Lake by Tu Fu
- Ballad of the Old Cypress by Tu Fu
- Ballad of the Army Carts by Tu Fu
- Ballad Of The Press-Gang At Shihao Village by Du Fu
- Aphrodite – The Birth by Uma Maheswari Anandane
- Alone, Looking for Blossoms Along the River by Tu Fu
- Yet Gentle Will the Griffin Be by Vachel Lindsay
- Yankee Doodle by Vachel Lindsay
- Written for a Musician by Vachel Lindsay
- With a Bouquet of Twelve Roses by Vachel Lindsay
- Why I Voted the Socialist Ticket by Vachel Lindsay
- Who Knows? by Vachel Lindsay
- Where Is the Real Non-Resistant by Vachel Lindsay
- Where Is David, the Next King of Israel? by Vachel Lindsay
- When Gassy Thompson Struck It Rich by Vachel Lindsay
- When Bryan Speaks by Vachel Lindsay
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Violet Nicolson ( 1865 – 1904); otherwise known as Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory), was an English poetess who wrote under the pseudonym of Laurence Hope, however she became known as Violet Nicolson. In the early 1900s, she became a best-selling author. She committed suicide and is buried in Madras, now Chennai, India.