O the chimneys
On the carefully planned dwellings of death
When Israel’s body rose dissolved in smoke
Through the air –
To be welcomed by a chimney sweep star
Turned black
Or was it a ray of the sun?
O the chimneys!
Paths of freedom for the dust of Jeremiah and Job –
Who dreamed you up and built stone upon stone
The path of smoke for their flight?
O dwellings of death
Set out so enticingly
For the host of the house, who used to be the guest –
O you fingers
Laying the stone of the threshold
Like a knife between life and death –
O you chimneys
O you fingers
And Israel’s body dissolves in smoke through the air!
End of the poem
15 random poems
- English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Hymn to Spiritual Desire. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
- Lover’s Gifts XLII: Are You a Mere Picture by Rabindranath Tagore
- Dalliance of the Eagles, The. by Walt Whitman
- Василий Жуковский – Гомер
- Furious Wounds by Satish Verma
- Eclogue X by Virgil
- Another Weeping Woman by Wallace Stevens
- Tears
- Extempore Reply to an Invitation by Robert Burns
- Геннадий Айги – БЕЗ НАЗВАНИЯ
- Intorduction to the Songs of Experience by William Blake
- Юрий Калугин – Счастье любит тишину
- Yesterday by W. S. Merwin
- The Virgin Maid of Orleans, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s sonnet: La Pucelle by T. Wignesan.
- Assurances. by Walt Whitman
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).
