by Aideen Henry
I am jealous of the air
he breathes and displaces,
the water that washes over him,
lingering randomly in horizontal bodily fossae,
the mirror he peers into,
the comb that traces his hair pattern,
the aftershave that lingers on his face,
the clothes that variously enfold him,
the socks that envelope his awkward toes,
the leather shoes his feet give shape to.
I am jealous of the ground
that meets his outstretched foot,
the seat he yields his weight to,
the leather bag he grips purposefully,
the business he attends to,
the friends he embraces,
the colleagues who relate so casually,
not seeing the angel within,
not feeling the warm tide of his love
wash over their souls.
I yearn for
fights unfought,
love unmade,
children unborn,
depths of mutual knowing
unreached.
I wish to know him with all of my senses.
My world is beige.
My feelings unchanged.
Time does not heal.
I am jealous of the air
he breathes.
my next collection
Copyright ©:
2011, Aideen Henry
A few random poems:
- Magnolia Shoals by Sylvia Plath
- Attadale, West Highlands by William Ernest Henley
- Orlando Furioso Canto 18 by Ludovico Ariosto
- Николай Глазков – Движутся телеги и калеки
- The Wine by Sara Teasdale
- Sorrow’s Importunity poem – Alfred Austin
- The Dunciad: Book IV poem – Alexander Pope
- A Message to Commissioner Li At Zizhou by Wang Wei
- Нина Найденова – Наши игрушки
- Love’s Blindness poem – Alfred Austin
- Robert Burns: The Poet’s Progress : A Poem In Embryo
- A dream is a butterfly poem – Amy Michelle Mosier poems | Poems and Poetry
- Ольга Берггольц – Пусть голосуют дети
- Old Age Gets Up by Ted Hughes
- Владимир Маяковский – Театры
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
- Occupy the Wall Street by Sunil Sharma
- Morale by Sunil Sharma
- Finding freedom from invisible bonds by Sunil Sharma
- Birds heavenly by Sunil Sharma
- Afternoon song by Sunil Sharma
- A daily prayer by a kid by Sunil Sharma
- A beach dawn by Sunil Sharma
- The Pretense of Gathering Pebbles by the Shore by Syed Kawsar Jamal
- The Magician by Syed Kawsar Jamal
- Sunday Morning by Susan King Saunders
- Sitting atop the mountain hill by Swami Aaron Thomas
- Shattered Dreams by SWARAJ PRASAD
- Romantic Hour by Suuk Simon Subinimah
- Rememberance of that Power by sylvan lightbourne
- Protest poem by Susan King Saunders
- Od’d(ode) to Whitey Bulger by Susan King Saunders
- Michelle Obama Tribute by Susan King Saunders
- Little Girl Dancing by Susan King Saunders
- Independent at Birth by Suuk Simon Subinimah
- I am not ashamed of myself by Swami Aaron Thomas
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
