An Old Poet’s Suicide Note Walking in the dark I grew blind Wading across silence I turned deaf Teachers who speak ceaselessly about light, how far above…… Read more “An Old Poet’s Suicide Note”
Category: English Poetry
MILES UPON MILES – Umashankar Joshi
MILES UPON MILES Miles and miles and miles pass through me Unmoving and still as the train rushes on. Those distant hills cut their way in, sinking…… Read more “MILES UPON MILES – Umashankar Joshi”
About Poems – Michael Augustin
About Poems Poems are not written, poems happen. Poems were there before there were poets. Poems are scratched window panes. Poems are decomposable and therefore must not…… Read more “About Poems – Michael Augustin”
The More Loving One
The More Loving One Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference…… Read more “The More Loving One”
A Psalm of Life
Today is my father’s birthday and he would have been in his 80s if he had lived longer. It’s never enough to say I miss him everyday.…… Read more “A Psalm of Life”
Crossing the Bar – Lord Tennyson
Crossing the Bar Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to…… Read more “Crossing the Bar – Lord Tennyson”
Holidays – H W Longfellow
The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart, When the full river of feeling overflows;—…… Read more “Holidays – H W Longfellow”
A Large Number – Wislawa Szymborska
A Large Number by Wislawa Szymborska Four billion people on this earth, but my imagination is the way it’s always been: bad with large numbers. It is…… Read more “A Large Number – Wislawa Szymborska”
Before Sleep
Before Sleep I was in love with anatomy the symmetry of my body poised for flight, the heights it would take over parents, lovers, a keen riding…… Read more “Before Sleep”
A Day Dream – Emily Bronte
A Day Dream On a sunny brae, alone I lay One summer afternoon; It was the marriage-time of May With her young lover, June. From her mother’s…… Read more “A Day Dream – Emily Bronte”
