If external action is effete
and rhyme is outmoded,
I shall revert to you,
Habakkuk, as when in a Bible class
the teacher was speaking of unrhymed verse.
He said; and I think I repeat his exact words;
“Hebrew poetry is prose
with a sort of heightened consciousness.” Ecstasy affords
the occasion and expediency determines the form.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Sonnet 34: Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day by William Shakespeare
- Mending Socks by Martin Willitts Jr.
- Николай Карамзин – Луизе в день ее рождения 13 генваря, при вручении ей подарка
- Ballad of the Goodly Fere poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Ploughing the land by Yosa Buson
- Release poem – A. R. Ammons poems | Poetry Monster
- Before This Little Gift Was Come by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Thanatos Basileos poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- The Steeple-Jack by Marianne Moore
- First Sight by Philip Larkin
- Jacaranda by Norma Martiri
- Юлиан Анисимов – Стихи мои, нежные гости
- To his Majestie by William Alexander
- Ode on Solitude poem – Alexander Pope
- Владимир Британишский – Античник Альтман
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).
