Sergei Esenin – Sergueï Essénine – Stars
Unrhymed edited translation My little stars above are so clear and high! What do you keep in yourself, what do you hide? Stars that conceal the deepest of thoughts, By what power do you captivate our soul? Numerous tightly crowded little stars! What is the secret of your beauty and strength? What do you carry […]
Sergei Esenin (Serguei Yesenin, Sergueï Essénine) – Sounds of Sorrow
Edited unrhymed translation Tedious songs, sad sounds, Let me breathe freely. You bring me suffering, You torment my chest Instead, give me joy, give me peace, Let me fall soundly asleep. Thoughts after thoughts like a vague swarm, Sounds, you had wrecked my path. So, be silent, the sounds are messengers of grief, Tears are […]
The Hecatomb to his Mistress by John Cleveland
Hecatomb The Hecatomb to his Mistress. Be dumb, you beggars of the rhyming trade, Geld your loose wits and let your Muse be spayed. Charge not the parish with the bastard phrase Of balm, elixir, both the Indias, Of shrine, saint, sacrilege, and such as these Expressions common as your mistresses. Hence, […]
I love you
Alexander Bashlachev – I love you (translated by Fledermaus, Евгений Сухарников, Сopyright 2021) I love you I love you I want you I love thee I want thee Yes, the floor in the hunt is now a mess I trust thee I trust thee I trust thee Russian original Я тебя люблю Александр Башлачев – […]
Dog racing
Dog racing, edited by Fledermaus (a folk poem, supposedly by dog lovers, translated, unrhymed, the Russian original is metered and rhymed) Dogs are racing through our lives For most folks, this is hard to grasp — Training grounds, shows, prizes Consume, devour you, so be vigilant Diagnosis is accurate though cruel The disease is […]
Dissolve in kisses, I would like to dissolve in your kisses
And I would like to dissolve in your kisses And I would like to dissolve in Your kisses… Melt like a snowflake… and burn like a match… And I would like to roll a tear from my eyelashes… A melody of tenderness in the heart to ring… And I would like to get lost […]
Tale of the Pope and of His Workman Balda
story about greed Tale about Pope. Tale of the Pope and of His Workman Balda — Alexander Pushkin (Pooshkeen, Pouchkine) By Oliver Elton Alexander Pushkin in translation Russian original is here. The Pope is not the Vicar of Christ but a church priest, the workman is a laborer. Porridge-head Was a pope, who […]
Who of you ever
Who of you ever This is a poem by an anonymous author. And who of you ever And who of you ever, so that it is not in vain at all, Has dived to the bottom of the sea? So, somewhere in the Caribbean or on the Red Sea? And I was there. It’s […]
Аnything can happen
Аnything can happen (Unrhymed translation, Russian original) You know, anything can happen in life: It happens that the stars are sprinkled like sparkling dust. Sometimes, the sky smiles at you along with the sun, And, for no reason, your mood can be good Fate will give you a handful of successful days, They will scatter […]
Outside the Window, Snow
Outside the window Outside the window, snow is flying, spinning, And the weather is wonderful outside the window, A human being was born, And everyone is happy at any time of the year! Let them postpone that day of the year! But a person lives and gives to others, Work, love, kindness, joy That’s exactly […]
You must once
You must once. You must once (Unrhymed English, translated by Fledermaus, © 2021) And you must once, at least once as you’ve reached the top, as you’va caught up with the horizon, to stumble and fall to feel the fatal call of the abyss below with each pulsating cell. And, as you lose your […]
February 23
February 23 is a Notable Day on the Calendar February 23, Defenders of the Fatherland Day In English (unrhymed version) February 23 is a notable day of the calendar! We congratulate men today for a reason! They are our defenders, and our support, In the high mountains And on the expanses of steppes! They […]
May 19th – the Young Pioneers Day
May 19 is the Young Pioneers Day. There is no longer a Soviet empire, But, as before, our pioneers For children — a good example! Pioneer Land, don’t get bored, And get congratulations on your own day. I congratulate you, our pioneers. Good luck, success, health to you all, I wish you! Let the rallying […]
What’s wrong with volunteering?
What’s wrong with volunteering? A lot, I’d say, a lot. It’s not human engineering It’s a nastier lot. What’s wrong with volunteering? What’s wrong with volunteers? Oh boy, it is all about profiteering It’s all about profiteers. But wait and say What’s really wrong with volunteering? Are volunteers not noble folk? Alas, this story […]
To A Little Girl That Has Told A Lie
AND has my darling told a lie? Did she forget that GOD was by? That GOD, who saw the things she did, From whom no action can be hid; Did she forget that GOD could see And hear, wherever she might be? He made your eyes, and can discern Whichever way you think to […]
Guillaume de Lorris Belated: A Vision of Italy by Ezra Pound
(translated, interpreted by Ezra Pound) 1) Wisdom set apart from all desire, A hoary Nestor with youth’s own glad eyes, Him met I at the style, and all benign He greeted me an equal and I knew, By this his lack of pomp, he was himself. Slow-Smiling is companion unto him, And Mellow-Laughter serves, his […]
An Ode to the Democratic Rat
An Ode to the Democratic Rat June My democratic Rat, you inspire me to write. As I observe the way your sick follies expand Infesting minds through the day and by the night, Always dreaming about the bright inland. Let me compare you to a static moon? You are a bit more bitchy and […]
Sonnet, an encyclopedic definition
Sonnet, from the 1911 edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica SONNET (Ital. Sonetto, dim. of Suono, Fr. Sonnet). The sonnet in the literature of modern Europe is a brief poetic form of fourteen rhymed verses, ranged according to prescription. Although in a language like the English it does no doubt require considerable ingenuity to construct a satisfactory sonnet of octave and […]
To A Feminist
You Feminist bitchRepulsive and outlandish.Full of pointless spiteAnd a vacant brain as wellShe barks: we feel repulsed ————————————————————- The Poetic Monster is a multilingual poetry site. Here you can read original poems in English and other languages, as well as publish your poems. © Poetry Monster , 2021. Poems in English. Submit a poem. Even anonymously. Find […]
To the Rat’s Pencil
Oh the rat’s pencilYour valor was so steadfastTill the sharp teeth sankInto your once creative fleshTo sharpen it. Draw, you wretch! So much for the rat’s pencil or to the Rat’s Pencil. This was a tanka poem, not a rat’s … pencil. Tankas have nothing to do with tanks. Praise? Condemnation. Love for the rat? […]
Toward Salvation
Imported masterTreasonous and traitorous.On a dim-lit pathLeads his brainless followersToward salvation. Let’s laugh. This is a tanka poem. Toward salvation. Tankas have nothing to do with tanks. Praise? Condemnation. Love for the rat? Write to the Fledermausi. Want to post a mindless ad on your own, scribble it on the monstrous board. Fledermauswww.poetry.monster
My rat
1 My rat I love my rat He is just so outrageously fat. Clutching his stupid iPhone That is of a satanically pink hue He giggles; I feel so happy The End Though it’s not the end of my rat My Rat The Poetic Monster is a multilingual poetry site. Here you can read original […]
Impostor’s Coronation
Twenty thousand-plus armed troopsCountless plainclothes thugsAnd uniformed lowlifes in groupsWhile agents lurked around as if they were selling drugsStonefaced, shamed-faced and shamelessCreatures in disguise stood guard around the siteOf a circus-like arena, the show on it as heinousAnd just as sad as the defrauded nation’s plightHyenas howled: the freakish mummy puppet will be crownedNo matter […]
Monster’s Cave
1 This was improvised as the a welcome message in verse for (the) Poetry Monster Please come in and help the poor poetic monster clean up organize his messy cave. This Monster’s Cave looks like a mess Though this is a disorder Creative one I must profess Or something on the border Of madness, insolence, […]
Surrounded
I am surrounded by darkness It is not the dark matter sort of total darkness This darkness is thick Oppressive Gluey Permeating Diffusing through substance Unavoidable Monotonous Inescapable It’s my own self That’s it — post your own poem or you can post an ad for free (or even a poem though why would you do that there is a different matter altogether) […]