A Faded Postcard is a Tanka Daydream
by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
but of the firewalker
of his frame, a rush of flame
look at both faces, closed eyes
this, what you were born into
to grasp, that expectation
a forward hesitation –
to love only once
to endure, outlast these worlds
a lowing, literal love
not the bitter deathsong ends
not the judging eyes
a milk bath before
fresh plate of malai kofta
look at the firewalker –
dusted feet and flake, embers
as windblown, the water oak
next to the winged spindle tree 
                    Pirene’s Fountain        
              Copyright ©: 
                    Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé         
        

A few random poems:
- Юнна Мориц – Античная картина
 - On The Plethora Of Dryads by Sylvia Plath
 - The Picture Of Little T.C. In A Prospect Of Flowers poem – Andrew Marvell poems
 - Surrounded
 - After-Thought by William Wordsworth
 - Colors by Shel Silverstein
 - A Good Play by Robert Louis Stevenson
 - Chorus of Athenians poem – Alexander Pope
 - Владимир Маяковский – Общее руководство для начинающих подхалим
 - Icicles round a Tree in Dumfriesshire by Ruth Padel
 - You Will Forget! by Timothy Thomas Fortune
 - A Brief History of Special Education
 - Оливер Голдсмит – Пыл упований людям дан
 - Sonnet CVI by William Shakespeare
 - It is a Show by Rixa White
 
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 56. Томас Мур.
 - English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 66. Томас Мур.
 - English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 103. The Mountain Spite. Томас Мур.
 - English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 99. ’Twas One of Those Dreams. Томас Мур.
 - English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 91. Oh, Ye Dead!. Томас Мур.
 - English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 85. Oh For the Swords of Former Time. Томас Мур.
 - English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 58. Farewell! – But Whenever You Welcome the Hour. Томас Мур.
 - English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 44. She Is Far From the Land. Томас Мур.
 - English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 26. Erin, Oh Erin. Томас Мур.
 - English Poetry. Mark Akenside. The Pleasures of Imagination. Марк Эйкенсайд.
 - English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 22. Let Erin Remember the Days of Old. Томас Мур.
 - English Poetry. Richard Hovey. The Old Pine. Ричард Хави.
 - English Poetry. Richard Hovey. John Keats. Ричард Хави.
 - English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Haunted. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
 - English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Going for the Cows. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
 - English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Garden and Gardener. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
 - English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Forevermore. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
 - English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Finale. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
 - English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Evasion. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
 - Copywriting Agency Foundation For Prosperous Business
 
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works