What is Poetry?
by Mark Olynyk
poetry is like a fish
trying to break the surface
of the conscious.
poetry is the language
of the primitive
speaking in tongues.
a poetic philosophy
is a belief in illusion
and the power of poems.
he had a history of poetry
like an affliction
or a virtue.
a society for the preservation
of poetry will show
how history was made.
engaged in poetics
the science of truth.
a poem is a puzzle
without pieces.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Владимир Британишский – Иван Долгорукой
- Олег Бундур – Неправильный кот
- Алексей Жемчужников – Верста на старой дороге
- Валерий Брюсов – Город женщин
- Николай Языков – Весна
- Three Women by Sylvia Plath
- Robert Burns: Paraphrase Of The First Psalm:
- Спиридон Дрожжин – Рожь
- Eclogue:–The Times by William Barnes
- How To Publish Your Writing With Duotrope
- Fragments by William Butler Yeats
- On Hurricane Jackson
- Robert Burns: Farewell Song To The Banks Of Ayr: “I composed this song as I conveyed my chest so far on my road to Greenock, where I was to embark in a few days for Jamaica. I meant it as my farewell dirge to my native land.”-R. B.
- The Parrot by William Cowper
- The Passing Cloud by Rashmi Sreekumar
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).
