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
- Caught in a Net by Vachel Lindsay
- us_two_by_a_a_milne.html
- Violet Beauregarde… by Roald Dahl
- Sonnet V. To A Friend Who Sent Me Some Roses poem – John Keats poems
- Юлия Друнина – Я порою себя ощущаю связной
- The First Part: Sonnet 14 – Nor Arne, nor Mincius, nor stately Tiber, by William Drummond
- Answers by Mark Strand
- Robert Burns: Mr. William Smellie -A Sketch:
- krishna039s_advice_to_arjuna.html
- John Barleycorn by Robert Burns
- Hound Voice by William Butler Yeats
- Robert Burns: Epistle From Esopus To Maria :
- Юлия Друнина – Зной
- The Pillar’d Geäte by William Barnes
- I Wait For You… poem – Aleksandr Blok poems | Poetry Monster
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).