A poem by Alexander Pushkin – Pouchkine, Pooshkin (1799-1837), in English translation
In alien lands I keep the body
Of ancient native rites and things:
I gladly free a little birdie
At celebration of the spring.
I’m now free for consolation,
And thankful to almighty Lord:
At least, to one of his creations
I’ve given freedom in this world!
A few random poems:
- Владимир Высоцкий – Переворот в мозгах из края в край
- Олег Григорьев – Я сам себя в пальто одел
- Morning-Glory by Siegfried Sassoon
- Colbert Report: Australia by Raj Arumugam
- Cenotaph, Manitoulin Island by Todd H. C. Fischer
- Vaudracour And Julia by William Wordsworth
- Olney Hymn 4: Jehovah-Nissi: The Lord My Banner by William Cowper
- phantasm.html
- Владимир Маяковский – Все буржуи мчат на помощь Врангелю… (РОСТА №410)
- Ольга Седакова – Азаровка
- The New World by Philip Levine
- greek_light.html
- Recipe For A Hippopotamus Sandwich by Shel Silverstein
- Владимир Британишский – Историк и источник
- Низами Гянджеви – Если б радость не лучилась
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
- Afridi Love
- Adoration
- Whispering In Wattle Boughs
- Thoras Song Ashtaroth
- The Swimmer
- The Sick Stockrider
- The Last Leap
- Gone
- An Exiles Farewell
- A Song Of Autumn
- A Dedication
- Medical Ethics
- Vain
- Myself
- My Heritage
- Miserimus
- Memory
- Karazah Karl
- Judith
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

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1937) was a Russian poet, playwright and prose writer, founder of the realistic trend in Russian literature, literary critic and theorist of literature, historian, publicist, journalist; one of the most important cultural figures in Russia in the first third of the 19th century.