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 Rowers by Rudyard Kipling
- Attention please! Attention please! by Roald Dahl
- Where Are You?
- Sonnet 93: So shall I live, supposing thou art true by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 28: How can I then return in happy plight by William Shakespeare
- At Bordj-an-Nus poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Face Lift by Sylvia Plath
- Muttering by Satish Verma
- Омар Хайям – Ад и рай
- Jokes on You by Rohan Dunbar
- A Man Young And Old: II. Human Dignity by William Butler Yeats
- The Hanging Tree
- Олег Григорьев – Картинка
- Poppies In July by Sylvia Plath
- Mine Sweepers by Rudyard Kipling
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).
