Poems about Poetry
Tracks in the Private Country
by T. Wignesan
The memory in need
Is the implacable enemy of the creed,
Waits and watches its foe
The all-clawing frenzy on tip-toe;
Quiescent in the instant’s repose
The thud of flurried gnawing years evoke.
The poet in his solitary moments, spoke
Those whispered words, memory’s secret ear yoke.
His wares, his scares, ailments and balms
Suddenly at the oasis of his thirst, awoke
Transilluminating the hard wad of his private notes,
Clutching at the infant’s murmurous innocence
The clear innocuous dogma of cries;
While his immodestly preened notes of travesty
Hark back; and the first poem playfully struck
Teaches him now too late the laugh, the critic’s qualms.
Just as the poet had wandered away from childhood,
So will the child thwart the unspoilt man
And shyly, shyly he turns away from the poet
Coming in like a stray camp-follower to brood.
For who may ask which the supreme poet
The child’s sweet ineffable musings disrespect
While language etherises meanings proudly sown:
The title in two is halved – one the art, one, lone.
And the man, memory’s ill-begotten infant
Lurking round the corner, pranks the urgent moment
Or two – then restores the poet to the poem.
T. Wignesan
Copyright ©:
T. Wignesan, 1957 – First pub. in “Discus”, University of Frankfurt, 1960 (from the collection: Tracks of a Tramp. Kuala Lumpur-Singapore: 1961)
A few random poems:
- Song—O can ye Labour Lea? by Robert Burns
- hai_kou.html
- The Invisible by Rixa White
- Men by Maya Angelou
- He Hears That His Beloved Has Become Engaged by Philip Larkin
- paralipomemnon.html
- Composed By The Sea-Side, Near Calais, August 1802 by William Wordsworth
- Forest by Walter William Safar
- was it you, mooon? by Raj Arumugam
- A Wicker Basket by Robert Creeley
- Prologue, spoken by Mr. Woods at Edinburgh by Robert Burns
- Blackmwore Maidens by William Barnes
- Владимир Высоцкий – Ублажаю ли душу романсом
- Oh Life I Have Taken You For My Lover
- An Aquarium poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
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
- Омар Хайям – Лучше пить и веселых красавиц ласкать
- Омар Хайям – Лучше локон любимой, лаская, схватить
- Омар Хайям – Листья дерева жизни, отпущенной мне
- Омар Хайям – Лик розы освежен дыханием весны
- Омар Хайям – Кумир мой, вылепил тебя таким гончар
- Омар Хайям – Куда уйти от пламенных страстей
- Омар Хайям – Кто розу нежную любви привил
- Омар Хайям – Кто не грешит?
- Омар Хайям – Кто мне скажет что завтра случится со мной
- Омар Хайям – Кто битым жизнью был, тот большего добьется
- Омар Хайям – Красой затмила ты Китая дочерей
- Омар Хайям – Кому там от Любви покой необходим
- Омар Хайям – Коль станешь твердым
- Омар Хайям – Когда ветер у розы подол разорвет
- Омар Хайям – Когда ты для меня слепил из глины плоть
- Омар Хайям – Когда под утренней росой дрожит тюльпан
- Омар Хайям – Когда от жизненных освобожусь я пут
- Омар Хайям – Когда к жизни Любовь меня в мир призвала
- Омар Хайям – Когда фиалки льют благоуханье
- Омар Хайям – Из края в край мы держим к смерти путь
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
