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
- On Rabbi Kook’s Street by Yehuda Amichai
- Verses Printed By Himself On A Flood At Olney by William Cowper
- The Breeze at Dawn by Jelaluddin Rumi
- The Fishermen, The Gulls & The Bible People by Michael Estabrook
- Poet Herodia of ancient Pincaeia by Raj Arumugam
- Иннокентий Анненский – Леконт де Лиль. Пускай избитый зверь, влачася на цепочке
- Priorities of Life and Death
- Федор Сваровский – Небесный гость в четыре лепестка
- I see the Four-fold Man by William Blake
- pathos_is_the_skyward_tanka.html
- On A Battered Beauty (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- Flowers By The Sea by William Carlos Williams
- Robert Burns: Thou Gloomy December :
- Orlando Furioso Canto 9 by Ludovico Ariosto
- With A Copy Of Shakespeares Sonnets On Leaving College
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).
