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:
- The Polar Koala Bear by Robby Charters
- A Deep Sworn Vow by William Butler Yeats
- Yet, Yet, Ye Downcast Hours. by Walt Whitman
- Myfanwy poem – John Betjeman poems
- Offerings. by Walt Whitman
- Waly, Waly poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Robert Burns: Pretty Peg:
- The Gardener LI: Then Finish the Last Song by Rabindranath Tagore
- Valentine In Form Of Ballade poem – Andrew Lang poems
- To The Honble Commodore Hood on His Pardoning a Deserter by Phillis Wheatley
- Омар Хайям – Когда к жизни Любовь меня в мир призвала
- Sonnet 73: That time of year thou mayst in me behold by William Shakespeare
- On The Same Occasion by William Wordsworth
- To Mrs Reynolds’ Cat poem – John Keats poems
- XIII: Some Verses: On A Report On The Death Of The Author by William Alexander
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
- Zitten Out The Wold Year by William Barnes
- Zellen Woone’s Honey To Buy Zome’hat Sweet by William Barnes
- Woodcom’ Feast by William Barnes
- Wold Friends A-Met by William Barnes
- A Wold Friend by William Barnes
- A Witch by William Barnes
- Whitsuntide An’ Club Walken by William Barnes
- Vo’k A-Comèn Into Church by William Barnes
- Vellen O’ The Tree by William Barnes
- Uncle An’ Aunt by William Barnes
- Treat Well Your Wife by William Barnes
- To Me by William Barnes
- The Zilver-Weed by William Barnes
- The Woodlands by William Barnes
- The Wold Wall by William Barnes
- The Wold Waggon by William Barnes
- The Wold Vo’k Dead by William Barnes
- The Woddy Hollow by William Barnes
- The Winter’s Willow by William Barnes
- The Window Freäm’d Wi’ Stwone by William Barnes
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