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
- Late Leaves by Walter Savage Landor
- About The Nightingale by Samuel Coleridge
- Return Of The Heroes by Siegfried Sassoon
- Untitled XXII by Yunus Emre
- For My Young Friends Who Are Afraid by William Stafford
- Аля Кудряшева – Помнишь, как это
- English Poetry. Edna St. Vincent Millay. Assault. Эдна Сент-Винсент Миллей.
- Waldenses by William Wordsworth
- Transsexual Children Confused by Body Image
- Not my poem
- Ольга Берггольц – Наш сад
- Olney Hymn 55: The Heart Healed And Changed By Mercy by William Cowper
- Water by Wendell Berry
- Огюст Барбье – Тициан
- Walls at Drogheda by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh
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).
