If grief could burn out
Like a sunken coal
The heart would rest quiet
The unrent soul
Be as still as a veil
But I have watched all night
The fire grow silent
The grey ash soft
And I stir the stubborn flint
The flames have left
And the bereft
Heart lies impotent
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Ольга Берггольц – В доме Павлова
- The Seven Of Pentacles by Marge Piercy
- Владимир Высоцкий – Марш аквалангистов
- Concerning Emperors by Vachel Lindsay
- Alba poem – Ezra Pound poems
- The Weepen Leady by William Barnes
- Ode On The Spring by Thomas Gray
- Wherever You Go, There You Are by Ryssel Guzman
- Extempore in the Court of Session by Robert Burns
- Suicide In The Trenches by Siegfried Sassoon
- Федор Сваровский – Путешественники во времени — копенгаген 1969
- Proactive Responses to Recession – 7 Creative Ways to Make Extra Money With Real Estate
- Алексей Ржевский – Ода Императору Петру Феодоровичу
- The Hands That Hang Down
- First kiss for Arys and Nikys by Nicole Vasilcovschi
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).
Philip Arthur Larkin (1922-1985), Commander of the Order of the British Empire, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Cavalier of the Order of the Companions of Honour, was an English poet, novelist, and librarian.