Expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.
become a stranger
To need of pity
Or, if compassion be freely
Given out
Take only enough
Stop short of urge to plead
Then purge away the need.
Wish for nothing larger
Than your own small heart
Or greater than a star;
Tame wild disappointment
With caress unmoved and cold
Make of it a parka
For your soul.
Discover the reason why
So tiny human midget
Exists at all
So scared unwise
But expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.
A few random poems:
- Memoirs Of A Spinach-Picker by Sylvia Plath
- Геннадий Айги – БЕЗ НАЗВАНИЯ
- Blake’s Victory poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Sonnet CXXIV by William Shakespeare
- Ematiated Souls by Suuk Simon Subinimah
- Яков Полонский – Памяти В. М. Гаршина
- Нина Гаген-Торн – Барак ночью
- Invern poem – Ezra Pound poems
- XI: Some Verses: To His Worthy Friend Master Walter Quin by William Alexander
- Hear the Voice by William Blake
- Like Barley Bending by Sara Teasdale
- Владимир Британишский – Меня благословил старик Бажов
- The Craftsmen Of The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- Robert Burns: Man Was Made To Mourn: A Dirge:
- Федор Сологуб – Кольцо и венок
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
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
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
