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
- “`Roses crimson, roses white” poem – Alfred Austin
- Стефан Малларме – Милостыня
- Dans le Restaurant by T. S. Eliot
- The Road To Ruin by Siegfried Sassoon
- Melville And Coghill – The Place Of The Little Hand poem – Andrew Lang poems
- I turn my head by Vladimir Marku
- Charms by William Henry Davies
- Mirror by Sylvia Plath
- Robert Burns: Whistle, And I’ll Come To You, My Lad:
- Route Marchin’ by Rudyard Kipling
- Civil War Songs
- Oh Stay At Home, My Lad poem – A. E. Housman
- On a Forenoon of Spring by William Allingham
- Avenue In Savernake Forest by William Lisle Bowles
- Джон Донн – Я весь боренье, на беду мою
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).
