A poem by Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
I care not that one listen if he lives
For aught but life’s romance, nor puts above
All life’s necessities the need to love,
Nor counts his greatest wealth what Beauty gives.
But sometime on an afternoon in spring,
When dandelions dot the fields with gold,
And under rustling shade a few weeks old
‘Tis sweet to stroll and hear the bluebirds sing,
Do you, blond head, whom beauty and the power
Of being young and winsome have prepared
For life’s last privilege that really pays,
Make the companion of an idle hour
These relics of the time when I too fared
Across the sweet fifth lustrum of my days.

A few random poems:
- Easter Communion poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
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- The Horn Of Egremont Castle by William Wordsworth
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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
- Book Leaf by Shaunna Harper
- Blue Period by Shaunna Harper
- Amoraphobia by Shaunna Harper
- A Eulogy by Shaunna Harper
- Welcome To My World © by Shannen Wrass
- Time Out To Cry by Shannen Wrass
- The Wrath of Love by Shawn Ervin
- The Voice of Woman by Shahida Latif
- The Victory by Shahida Latif
- The Spring passing away by Shailendra Chauhan
- The Ineffectual Dives by Shahida Latif
- The Earth Trembles by Shahida Latif
- The Demon by Shawn Ervin
- The Callous Statues by Shahida Latif
- Sheppard’s Quest by Shawn Ervin
- Selfish World, Selfish People by Shahbaz Khan
- Repentance by Shailendra Chauhan
- “Wishing to float” by Seema Gupta
- Serendipity by Seema Gupta
- Tiny Warrior by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
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
Alan Seeger (1888-1916) was an American war poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the brother of Charles Seeger, a noted American pacifist and musicologist and the uncle of folk musician, Pete Seeger.