Desire # 4
by Patricia Fargnoli
Soon he will leave,
a man with four suitcases
hurrying into the rain.
All that can be kept then
is the black belt of sadness
which you have earned
four times over.
This is the hardest lesson–
you must let go of what
you would hold too firmly.
Four times the bells ring,
loud at first–
and then softer,
the sound disappearing
above you in the wet, white pines.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Анатолий Жигулин – Москва
- A Zong by William Barnes
- Жан де Лафонтен – Врачи
- Snowfall by Steve Troyanovich
- Георгий Иванов – А может быть, еще и не конец
- There Came a Soul by Rita Dove
- Noah by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Enemies Of The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- Lines to an Old Sweetheart by Robert Burns
- Sonnet 93: So shall I live, supposing thou art true by William Shakespeare
- Олег Сердобольский – Облачко
- Robert Burns: The Lass O’ Ballochmyle:
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня Попугая
- Olney Hymn 24: Prayer For Children by William Cowper
- To Natasha poem – Alexander Pushkin
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).
