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:
- Memory poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems
- Василий Жуковский – Дружба
- Алексей Толстой – С тех пор как я один
- Жан де Лафонтен – Смерть и Несчастный
- Lyonesse
- The Ploughman’s Life by Robert Burns
- Олег Григорьев – Яма
- Synesthesia by Orla McGreevy
- Boot And Saddle by Robert Browning
- The End of the World
- The Neophyte poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Ode For Ted by Sylvia Plath
- A Light Woman by Robert Browning
- Николай Глазков – Почему я отказался от самолёта
- Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling
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
- In the Mile End Road poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- In the Black Forest poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- In September poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- In a Minor Key poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Impotens poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Felo de Se poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Contradictions poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Christopher Found poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Captivity poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Cambridge in the Long poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Borderland poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Between the Showers poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Ballade of a Special Edition poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- At Dawn poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- At a Dinner Party poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Wall Flower poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Reminiscence poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Prayer poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- A March Day in London poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- A London Plane-Tree poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
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.