it was not Alisa
the girl who posed in the photograph
with bare
feet, half-naked, dressed
in rags, her dark hair
cropped short
one hand pressed against her waist
as if dancing
palm stretched out for alms
with naked
shoulders
it was certainly not Alisa
that girl grew into a charming
Victorian lady
gave birth to three sons, two
died in the Great War
no it was not Alisa
who was seen
one hot summer afternoon, floating in a boat
on the river, by a lecturer in mathematics, an eccentric
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Владимир Маяковский – О том, как у Керзона с обедом разрасталась аппетитов зона
- Robert Burns: O, Were I On Parnassus Hill:
- Polly Be-en Upzides Wi’ Tom by William Barnes
- The Pillar’d Geäte by William Barnes
- Earth the Healer, Earth the Keeper by William Morris
- Start Growing by Rixa White
- Contradictions poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- April’s Charms by William Henry Davies
- Федор Сологуб – Словами горькими надменных отрицаний
- Paragraphs from a Day-Book by Marilyn Hacker
- OPTIONS by Satish Verma
- Sonnet 144: Two loves I have, of comfort and despair by William Shakespeare
- Аля Кудряшева – Я работаю солнечной батареей
- Identity Card by Mahmoud Darwish
- Robert Burns: Epistle To John Maxwell, ESQ., Of Terraughty : On His Birthday.
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
