When I was young the silk
of my mind
hard as a peony head
unfurled
and wind bloomed the parachute:
The air-head tugged me
up,
tore my roots loose and drove
high, so high
I want to touch down now
and taste the ground
I want to take in
my silk
and ask where I am
before it is too late to know
A few random poems:
- Words by Sylvia Plath
- Be With Those Who Help Your Being by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Юлия Друнина – Я ушла из детства в грязную теплушку
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- Владимир Гиляровский – Владимирка – большая дорога
- Владимир Бенедиктов – На гулянье
- Sting by Muralidharan Mudaliar
- Владимир Корнилов – Арена
- The Flowers poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Жан де Лафонтен – Голубь и Муравей
- Владимир Высоцкий – Я стою, стою спиною к строю
- Robert Burns: The Whistle -A Ballad:
- On a Prospect of T’ai-shan by Tu Fu
- Владимир Высоцкий – И в Дубне, и на Таганке что-то ставят, что-то строят
- The Mocking Fairy by Walter de la Mare
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
- Sonnet 12
- Sonnet 11
- Sonnet 10
- Sonnet 08
- Sonnet 07
- Sonnet 06
- Sonnet 05
- Sonnet 04
- Sonnet 03
- Sonnet 02
- Sonnet 01
- Resurgam
- Rendezvous
- Paris
- On The Cliffs Newport
- On A Theme In The Greek Anthology
- Maktoob
- Lyonesse
- Liebestod
- La Nue
More external links (open in a new tab):
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Archie Randolph Ammons (1926-2001) was an important American poet, a modern classic, Ammons wrote about our relationship to nature in a way that is both comic and solemn. His poems often address religious and philosophical matters and scenes involving nature in a manner that is almost transcendental.