Ghosts
by Martina Reisz Newberry
If you believe in ghosts,
I think you must believe
that earth’s good smells live on
and that the dead will act
on fury and on fear.
You must believe that, while
the dead are under the
dirt or parked in urns, they
still have a plan. They want
to see their favorite movies
again and scratch their dogs’
bellies, make love in warm places
and buy chocolate at the market.
I’ve sensed ghosts now and then,
turned to where I thought
my mother’s eyes might watch or
my father’s fingers might touch.
I’ve found my cupboard door
ajar and heard wild words
in the dark. If you believe
in ghosts, you must believe
that living is not a huge
salt sea, but a shallow
stream in which most things, like
the restless dead, stay afloat.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Николай Глазков – Про пожары
- Olney Hymn 30: The Light And Glory Of The Word by William Cowper
- Journey Of Life by Nikhil Srinivas
- Sonnet LXVI by William Shakespeare
- Rhymes for Gloriana by Vachel Lindsay
- Year’s End by Marilyn Hacker
- Sonnet I
- My Mother by Claude McKay
- Law, Like Love by W H Auden
- dear moon, you will understand by Raj Arumugam
- Иван Мятлев – Соловей
- Robert Burns: Impromptu On Carron Iron Works:
- Николай Гумилев – Какою музыкой мой слух взволнован
- Спиридон Дрожжин – Песня пахаря
- Как хочу я в День влюбленных
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).
