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
- Sonet 53 by William Alexander
- Be Not a War Poet by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh
- Олег Бундур – Под сосной
- The Country House poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Intruder
- My Heart Was Full by Stevie Smith
- Columns by Rudyard Kipling
- Ольга Берггольц – Здравствуй
- Владимир Маяковский – Письмо Татьяне Яковлевой
- Remorseful Apology by Robert Burns
- The Ghost by Sara Teasdale
- The Moment I knew my Life had Changed by Maria Mazziotti Gillan
- Юлия Друнина – Ялта Чехова
- Николай Языков – Д. Н. Свербееву (Во имя Руси, милый брат)
- Федор Сологуб – Астероид
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).
