by Alissia Lyons
In white beds by white walls
a fresh candle flickers
as it rises and as it stalls
and the baby
turned to its side
a heart born on a sleeve
with no place to hide
and if there’s one thing
it doesn’t need
that’s another life to lead
no mother could simply walk by
for this was a child
with eyes of stone worn
against tides of change
and this child born to die
was never to wear away
and the mother transfixed
with white palms to clear glass
the baby lay still
fists clenched around thumbs
at peace, a mask already held well
yet surmass this small flame
that holds the one light
through falls
through triumphs
births, deaths
and endless lifetimes
the baby reaches to a mother
whose fingers already burn
a mind racing, thoughts chafing
for a detachment
she will never feel again
a new life consuming
old phases exhuming
stripping, ripping away every why
grieving it’s leaving
and in it’s blaze
a natal love, like that fire
lapping both their lives away
Copyright ©:
Alissia Lyons
A few random poems:
- The Masks of Love
- Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day poem – Alexander Pope
- Olney Hymn 50: The Christian by William Cowper
- The (REAL) Tale of the Tortoise and the Hare by Ross D Tyler
- Epigoni by Neil Outar
- What Shall I Do For the Land that Bred Me poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Sometimes by Vinko Kalinić
- Ode 1957: An intellectual by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Прощание с саблею
- Fancy poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Бенедиктов – К женщине
- The Drum-Stick Tree by Murali Sivaramakrishnan
- The Trouble with Snowmen by Roger McGough
- The Sandbox by Rachel McKibbens
- Postip by Manolo Arriola
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
- Владимир Маяковский – Песня-молния
- Владимир Маяковский – Первый вывоз
- Владимир Маяковский – Первый из пяти
- Владимир Маяковский – Первомайское поздравление
- Владимир Маяковский – Переворот в Германии (Роста №42)
- Владимир Маяковский – Перекопский энтузиазм
- Владимир Маяковский – Пахали сохой — запашем трактором (Главполитпросвет №42)
- Владимир Маяковский – Октябрьский марш
- Владимир Маяковский – Октябрьские частушки
- Владимир Маяковский – Октябрь 1917–1926
- Владимир Маяковский – Офицер! Смотри на эту саблю (РОСТА)
- Владимир Маяковский – Ода революции
- Владимир Маяковский – Общее руководство для начинающих подхалим
- Владимир Маяковский – Обряды кому и на кой ляд целовальный обряд
- Облако в штанах – Владимир Маяковский: читать поэму онлайн, текст стихотворения полностью – Стихи Poetry Monster
- Владимир Маяковский – О том, как у Керзона с обедом разрасталась аппетитов зона
- Владимир Маяковский – О том, как некие сектантцы зовут рабочего на танцы
- Владимир Маяковский – О патриархе Тихоне
- Владимир Маяковский – О дряни
- Владимир Маяковский – О чем в наступающем думаем году мы
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
