in a frenzy I turn the whole house upside down
from basement to attic, amazing myself, I can’t stop wondering
what imp has possessed me, it’s really
so ludicrous
with no prior plan, although at times
it seems all predetermined inside me
I choose what to discard, what to give away and to whom
and who could even see a use for
any of the things I find, forgotten, useless
badly made
so many that are worthless, that now have nothing to say
yet were all so significant once
I leave no closet untouched, haul out
boxes and trunks, look the bookshelves over
pull out and turn all drawers upside down, even the secret ones
even those securely locked, with the jewels and photographs inside
in the evening, dusty, exhausted, my head
wrapped in cobwebs, I look into the clear
water cupped in my hands: yes, it’s me
making changes and changing, desperate for change
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Four Quartets 2: East Coker by T. S. Eliot
- “The Curtains Now Are Drawn” by Thomas Hardy
- Как живёшь ветеран милиции
- Владимир Британишский – Феодосия, Керчь, Таганрог
- Light poem – John Milton poems
- Федор Сологуб – Слышу голос милой
- UNREADABLE by Satish Verma
- Иида Дакоцу – Сложено на вечере поэзии хайку в храме Номандзи
- Epigram on the Laird of Laggan by Robert Burns
- Abd el-Hadi Fights a Superpower by Taha Muhammad Ali
- Николай Языков – Пловец (Воют волны, скачут волны)
- Ape And Coffee by Russell Edson
- Gwin King of Norway by William Blake
- Владимир Степанов – Зима
- The Stars Are Mansions Built By Nature’s Hand by William Wordsworth
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).