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
- Владимир Маяковский – Праздник урожая
- Book Ends by Tony Harrison
- Mark
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Степь
- Goodbye by Robert Creeley
- The Reverie of Poor Susan by William Wordsworth
- Владимир Высоцкий – Одесские куплеты
- The Mouse by Mac McGovern
- Easter Decorations
- Ashore
- Владимир Высоцкий – Я уверен, как ни разу в жизни
- Untitled XXI by Yunus Emre
- Subject to Change by Marilyn L. Taylor
- Владимир Британишский – Дали ему дивизию
- Lover’s Gifts V: I Would Ask For Still More by Rabindranath Tagore
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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).
