A poem by Alec Derwent-Hope (1907–2000)
by Alec Derwent Hope
Now the heart sings with all its thousand voices
To hear this city of cells, my body, sing.
The tree through the stiff clay at long last forces
Its thin strong roots and taps the secret spring.
And the sweet waters without intermission
Climb to the tips of its green tenement;
The breasts have borne the grace of their possession,
The lips have felt the pressure of content.
Here I come home: in this expected country
They know my name and speak it with delight.
I am the dream and you my gates of entry,
The means by which I waken into light.

A few random poems:
- Verses Left by Mr. Pope poem – Alexander Pope
- Георгий Иванов – Теперь, когда быстрее лавы
- The First Part: Sonnet 12 – Ah! burning thoughts, now let me take some rest, by William Drummond
- Come, My Beloved, Hear From Me by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Yet, Yet, Ye Downcast Hours. by Walt Whitman
- Who’s Taller? by Shel Silverstein
- Ольга Ермолаева – Этот позорный ужас
- Orlando Furioso Canto 2 by Ludovico Ariosto
- Игорь Северянин – Памяти О.Н. Чюминой
- Ольга Ермолаева – За Волгой, ударившись озем
- The Mountain Crumbles by Rashmi
- The Death Of Adonis by Sappho
- Николай Заболоцкий – Монолог в лесу
- Air Of Diabelli’s by Robert Louis Stevenson
- A Slight Change by Rixa White
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
- The Jungle Flower
- The Hut
- The Hospital On The Shore
- The Garden Of Kama Kama The Indian Eros
- The Garden By The Bridge
- The First Wife
- The First Lover
- The Dying Prince
- The Convert
- The Cactus
- The Cactus Thicket
- The Bride
- The Aloe
- Syed Amir
- Surface Rights
- Surf Song
- Sunstroke
- Story Of Udaipore Told By Lalla Ji The Priest
- Story Of Lilavanti
- Story By Lalla Ji The Priest
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
Alec Derwent-Hope (1907–2000) was an Australian poet and essayist known for his satirical slant. He was also a critic, teacher and academic.