Down by the river I sit and dream,
of all the worldly pleasures the mankind screams.
In this there lurks a free irresponsibility,
emancipates me from the smothering vicinity
of fetters of love and compassion, illusions,
carnal sins that deprave, delusions.
Uninhibited I delve into the frivolity of being,
challenge the dogmas of life, as I dream.
In this there seeps a playful buoyancy,
which seeks to unfold in quiet transparency.
Down by the river I sit and dream,
the frivolity of dreaming imbued with a scheme,
a scheme so thoughtless in shape and form,
its silly whimsicality, surprisingly warm.
And if we could all dream like me,
drown like a lunatic in passive frivolity,
Maybe the fetters of a dogmatic realm,
would liberate us humans, we indispensable gems.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Endymion: Book IV poem – John Keats poems
- On His Eightieth Birthday by Walter Savage Landor
- A Poet’s Eightieth Birthday poem – Alfred Austin
- Николай Глазков – Бабье лето
- To Him Who Ever Thought with Love of Me poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Ольга Седакова – В это зыбкое скопленье
- The Iliad: Book VI (excerpt) poem – Alexander Pope
- Валерий Брюсов – Две испанских песенки
- Dust by Rupert Brooke
- Erin! The Tear and the Smile in Thine Eyes by Thomas Moore
- Олег Бундур – Копуша
- The useless counsellor by Ross D Tyler
- Джон Мильтон – Написано в дни, когда ожидался штурм Лондона
- Омар Хайям – Мы пешки, небо же игрок
- Владимир Степанов – Мышь и кошка
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).
