birds
with black heads, black wings
black beaks, black hooked talons
dark grey bodies
in the seaside town
big
as hens
I’ve never seen such birds
they walk through the field
a large flock
clucking
attack gardens
a black black
cloud
above my head
they speak in human voices
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Excerpt From The Gertrude Stein Collaborative Series
- The Breast by Russell Edson
- Manifestations by Tom Shea
- Михаил Кузмин – Заключение (Водительница Одигитрия)
- Buddha by Vachel Lindsay
- The Mountain Tomb by William Butler Yeats
- Blistering Attack by Satish Verma
- A Lovers’ Quarrel by Robert Browning
- Николай Гумилев – Когда спокойно так и равнодушно мы
- Аля Кудряшева – Тяжело деревьям зимой
- Николай Глазков – Чтоб улыбалось счастье
- XIII: Some Verses: On A Report On The Death Of The Author by William Alexander
- Иван Крылов – Лев состаревшийся (Басня)
- The Men Who Wear My Clothes by Vernon Scannell
- Владимир Маяковский – Внимательное отношение к взяточникам
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).