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
- Industrial Lace poem – Alice Fulton poems | Poetry Monster
- Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day poem – Alexander Pope
- Hummingbird by Nicole M Nugent
- Epigram : To Leonora Singing At Rome (Translated From Milton) by William Cowper
- Second Poem by Peter Orlovsky
- Владимир Степанов – Эскимос (Буква Э)
- Complete Destruction by William Carlos Williams
- Exodus by Taha Muhammad Ali
- Юрий Калугин – Счастье любит тишину
- The Cottager To Her Infant by William Wordsworth
- To E. Fitzgerald: Tiresias poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Раньше были писатели белоручки… (Роста №52)
- Sketch in Verse, inscribed to the Right Hon. C. J. Fox by Robert Burns
- Валерий Брюсов – Из детской книжки
- Evening Star by William Blake
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).
