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:
- Epigram on the same Laird’s Country Seat by Robert Burns
- Flute Notes From A Reedy Pond by Sylvia Plath
- Olney Hymn 36: Afflictions Sanctified By The Word by William Cowper
- Astrophel and Stella: XXXIII by Sir Philip Sidney
- “`Roses crimson, roses white” poem – Alfred Austin
- Identity Card by Mahmoud Darwish
- Владимир Корнилов – Отходная
- La Greatest by Samuel Stephen Wakdok
- Ready for Retirement by Mike Yuan
- Hey! Mr.Pothole by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
- Meditation on a Bone
- Sonnet # 17 by Luis A. Estable
- how did poetry begin? by Raj Arumugam
- Валерий Брюсов – Голос мертвого
- Heel & Toe To The End by William Carlos Williams
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
- Yasmini
- Yasin Khan
- Written In Cananore
- Wings
- When Love Is Over
- Verses
- Verses Faiz Ulla
- Verse By Taj Mahomed
- Vayu The Wind
- Valgovinds Song In The Spring
- Valgovinds Boat Song
- Unforgotten
- Unanswered
- Two Songs By Sitara Of Kashmir
- To The Unattainable
- To The Unattainable Lament Of Mahomed Akram
- To The Hills
- To M C N
- To Aziz Song Of Mahomed Akram
- Till I Wake
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