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
- Forbidden Fruit by Michael Lally
- Жан де Лафонтен – Старый Кот и Мышонок
- A Night-Piece by William Wordsworth
- A Blockhead poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Crazed Moon by William Butler Yeats
- Федор Сологуб – Круг начертан, и Сивилла
- Николай Заболоцкий – Новый быт
- Verbal Calisthenics by Sylvia Plath
- Against A Sickness To The Female Double Principle God
- Николай Заболоцкий – Бегство в Египет
- Владимир Британишский – Но особенно снился мне вздыбленный мост
- The Moon is a Painter by Vachel Lindsay
- English Literature for Shaping Your Ideas
- Ок Мельникова – Тоской тома йорка
- Sonnet 10
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).