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:
- Aftermath poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Househunting by Mike Yuan
- Closure by Suchi Gaur
- The Emotion Line by Rita Odessa Villaruel
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Вьющееся растение
- Event by Sylvia Plath
- Олег Бундур – Праздник встречи
- Иван Мятлев – Падучая звезда
- Sonnet 108: What’s in the brain that ink may character by William Shakespeare
- Николай Заболоцкий – Генеральская дача
- Владимир Маяковский – Важнейший совет домашней хозяйке
- Виктор Гончаров – Прощайте, спасибо
- On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic by William Wordsworth
- To Aphrodite by Sappho
- Impromptu, to Lady Winchelsea poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
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
- The Old Maids Story
- The Night
- The Mob
- The Midnight Mass
- The Magic Wand
- The Legend Of Lady Gertrude
- The Last Battle Of The Cid
- The Kind Word
- The Hands That Hang Down
- The Hand In The Dark
- The Future Verdict
- The Easter Decorations
- The Dawn
- The Dawn Of Gods Sabbath
- The Crown Of Thorns
- The Coo Of The Cushat
- The Candle Of The Lord
- The Baptistry
- Sic Vos Non Vobis
- Seed Time And Harvest
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