A poem by Alistar Crowley (1875-1947)
[Dedicated to Raymond Radclyffe]
I am that hawk of gold
Proud in adamantine poise
On the pillars of torqoise,
See,beyond the starry fold,
Where a darkling orb is rolled.
There, beneath a grove of yew,
Plays a babe. Should I despise
Such a foam of gold, and eyes
Burning beryline, so blue
That the sun seems peeping through?
Did I swwop, were Heaven amazed?
With my beak I strike but once;
Out there leap a million suns.
Through the universe that blazed
Screams theit light, and death is dazed.
In my womb the babe may leap;
Seek him not within my eye!
Nor demand thou of me why
I should plunge from crystal steep
Like a plummet to the deep!
See yon solitary star!
What a world of blackness wraps
Round it! Unimagined gaps!
Let it be! Content thy car
With the voyage to things that are!
Nor, an thou perchance behold
How I plunge and batten on
Earth’s exentrate carrion,
Deem torquoise match midden-mould
Or deny the Hawk of Gold!
A few random poems:
- Calling The Spirits
- Огюст Барбье – Жертвы
- Memory As a Hearing Aid by Tony Hoagland
- Knowing God Part 1 – Finding God, Knowing Him, and Doing His Works
- I Said Coffee by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
- I think it rains by Wole Soyinka
- Николай Карамзин – Граф Гваринос
- On A Plant Of Virgin’s-Bower, Designed To Cover A Garden-seat by William Cowper
- gratitudes_of_a_dozen_roses.html
- In Abeyance by Satish Verma
- The Houses by Rudyard Kipling
- Thrushes by Ted Hughes
- Follies of War by Michael Levy
- The Three Beggars by William Butler Yeats
- Coolness by Yosa Buson
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
- Юрий Котов – Ты что-же боль, меня не отпускаешь
- Юрий Коринец – Тишина
- Юрий Коринец – Стихи о вшах
- Юрий Коринец – Старухи
- Юрий Коринец – Отцовская песня
- Юрий Коринец – О стиральной машине
- Юрий Коринец – О счастье
- Юрий Коринец – Не кажется ли вам
- Юрий Коринец – Март
- Юрий Коринец – Листопад
- Юрий Коринец – Кто очень болен
- Юрий Коринец – Дедовский подарок
- Юрий Коринец – Царь-баба
- Юрий Калугин – Счастье любит тишину
- Юрий Галансков – Вступление к поэме “Апельсиновая шкура”
- Юрий Галансков – Утро
- Юрий Галансков – Справедливости окровавленные уста
- Юрий Галансков – Шиповник
- Юрий Галансков – Рванулось пламя из ствола
- Юрий Галансков – Он к нам придёт
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
