What is Poetry?
by Mark Olynyk
poetry is like a fish
trying to break the surface
of the conscious.
poetry is the language
of the primitive
speaking in tongues.
a poetic philosophy
is a belief in illusion
and the power of poems.
he had a history of poetry
like an affliction
or a virtue.
a society for the preservation
of poetry will show
how history was made.
engaged in poetics
the science of truth.
a poem is a puzzle
without pieces.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- As Dies The Year poem – Alfred Austin
- The Circus Animals’ Desertion by William Butler Yeats
- What The Doctor Said by Raymond Carver
- Кондратий Рылеев – Из письма к Булгарину
- Beat! Beat! Drums! by Walt Whitman
- Sonnet 63: Against my love shall be, as I am now by William Shakespeare
- Oonts by Rudyard Kipling
- Sonnet CXIV by William Shakespeare
- Михаил Лермонтов – Война
- Kinu Goala’s Alley – English Translation by Rabindranath Tagore
- Good Hours by Robert Frost
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня Марии
- Respect her by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
- Forbidden Fruit by Mukeshkumar Raval
- Владимир Луговской – Спасибо
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).
