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
- The Last Battle Of The Cid
- Владимир Маяковский – Успокоилась Франция, злобой не пышет… (РОСТА №625)
- Гавриил Державин – Жуковскому и Родзянке, приславшим с большими похвалами автору перевод его оды «Бог» на французском языке
- Love Sonnet XLIX poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems
- Федор Сологуб – Так же внятен мне, как прежде
- Man’s Knowledge – Ingorance in the Mysteries of God by William Drummond
- Picking Cherries by Mike Yuan
- Eating Poetry by Mark Strand
- Sonnet 09 poem – John Milton poems
- Зинаида Александрова – Раз – два – три – четыре – пять
- Song. Hush, Hush! Tread Softly! poem – John Keats poems
- Worry by Mridula Makkuni
- София Парнок – Сегодня с неба день поспешней
- How I saved Planet Earth by Raj Arumugam
- The River by Sara Teasdale
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).