Before being turned to ashes
by the wrath of the thunderbolt,
he had forced the steer of the tempest
to kneel before his might.
To test
the faith of old
he had worn out his teeth
on the locks of ancient gates.
On the most out-of-the way paths
he struggled,
an unexpected passer-by
whose voice every thicket and bridge
recognized.

A few random poems:
- IV: Some Verses: To The Author by William Alexander
- The Devon Maid: Stanzas Sent In A Letter To B. R. Haydon poem – John Keats poems
- Even if I don’t hear your voice, I know by Vinko Kalinic
- In Memoriam F.O.S. by Sara Teasdale
- On The Cliffs Newport
- Gorgeous Surfaces by Thomas Lux
- Colonus’ Praise by William Butler Yeats
- betrayal.html
- haiku
- Aftershock by William Marr
- How To Get On In Society poem – John Betjeman poems | Poems and Poetry
- Robert Burns: :
- Николай Заболоцкий – Можжевеловый куст
- Robert Burns: Auld Lang Syne:
- Владимир Британишский – Но особенно снился мне вздыбленный мост
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
- Gravity Suspended
- From Death
- Forfeiture
- For My Mother
- Fly Fly Butterfly
- Even The Rain
- Destiny Far Away
- Conversation
- Calling All Angels
- At The Locks Of The Void
- Anthem
- All In A Word
- A Teenage Pregnancy
- A Painting Morning
- A Child Of War
- Your Dream
- Ars Poetica
- The Vision Of Cassandra
- The Sacrifice Of Iphigenia
- The Lament Of The Old Nurse
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