pathos is the skyward tanka
by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
a mother swathed in muslin
scavenging, rubble
behind the sea of biscay
a burned down house on a mound
a bargain respect, absent
what was us, what was sweet home
lost to an ornery sound
shanks pressed into the pallid
how they grieve even –
in flight, there’s nothing
no coast, of drift, remembrance
so she writes because
she forgets what she puts down
rope and field of lies
rising flames, a white refrain
driftpin verse forms miscreant
as if resting on water –
a sail, ascension
Red Ochre Lit
Copyright ©:
Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
A few random poems:
- Sonnet 29: When in disgrace with Fortune and men’s eyes by William Shakespeare
- Poem on Sensibility by Robert Burns
- Start Growing by Rixa White
- Владимир Луговской – Фотограф
- Robinson by Weldon Kees
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Вьющееся растение
- Farewell to Hsin Chien at Hibiscus Pavilion by Wang Wei
- Sonnet IV. How Many Bards Gild The Lapses Of Time! poem – John Keats poems
- Moving In Winter
- View From The Top Of Black Comb by William Wordsworth
- Dance with ME by Neelam Sinha
- Sailing To Byzantium by William Butler Yeats
- The Amendis to the Telyouris and Sowtaris for the Turnament maid on thame
- Song—A Waukrife Minnie by Robert Burns
- Hitler, a poem about Hitler
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Thoughts Mahomed Akram
- Though In My Firmament Thou Wilt Not Shine
- This Month The Almonds Bloom At Kandahar
- There Is No Breeze To Cool The Heat Of Love
- The Window Overlooking The Harbour
- The Tom Toms
- The Temple Dancing Girl
- The Teak Forest
- The Singer
- The River Of Pearls At Fez Translation
- The Rice Was Under Water
- The Rice Boat
- The Regret Of The Ranee In The Hall Of Peacocks
- The Rao Of Ilore
- The Plains
- The Net Of Memory
- The Masters
- The Lute Player Of Casa Blanca
- The Lament Of Yasmini The Dancing Girl
- The Jungle Flower
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works