it was not Alisa
the girl who posed in the photograph
with bare
feet, half-naked, dressed
in rags, her dark hair
cropped short
one hand pressed against her waist
as if dancing
palm stretched out for alms
with naked
shoulders
it was certainly not Alisa
that girl grew into a charming
Victorian lady
gave birth to three sons, two
died in the Great War
no it was not Alisa
who was seen
one hot summer afternoon, floating in a boat
on the river, by a lecturer in mathematics, an eccentric
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Владимир Высоцкий – Дорожная история
- Climbing poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Indian Upon God by William Butler Yeats
- Asleep by Wilfred Owen
- Олег Григорьев – На собрании
- Ольга Седакова – Из песни Данте
- Ribbons & Pearls by Timothy Cole
- Where Is David, the Next King of Israel? by Vachel Lindsay
- Sonnet CXIII by William Shakespeare
- Polly’s Tree by Sylvia Plath
- Владимир Британишский – Некрасов
- Олег Григорьев – Участковый стал в двери стучать
- Watching Unto God In The Night Season by William Cowper
- Владимир Маяковский – Вам нравится есть?.. (РОСТА №528)
- May You Be Like An Evergreen by Ronald G. Auguste
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).
