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
- The Mermaid poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- As Through the Wild Green Hills of Wyre poem – A. E. Housman
- Николай Глазков – Размышленья
- Иван Киуру – Роща заалела
- Saint George the Dragon by Michael Nikoletseas
- Lady Weeping at the Crossroads by W H Auden
- Epigram : To Christina, Queen Of Sweden, With Cromwell’s Picture (Translation) by William Cowper
- When You Are Old by William Butler Yeats
- Dreaming of Li Po by Tu Fu
- Альфред Теннисон – Смерть Старого Года
- Even if I don’t hear your voice, I know by Vinko Kalinic
- Иван Крылов – Лиса-строитель (Басня)
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня Сашки Червня
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песенка лягушонка Джимми и ящерки Билли
- Юлия Жадовская – Чем ярче шумный пир
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).
