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:
- Robert Burns: Impromptu On General Dumourier’s Desertion From The French Republican Army:
- The Gardener LXXVI: The Fair Was On by Rabindranath Tagore
- did you die, Ophelia? by Raj Arumugam
- Astrophel and Stella: LXIV by Sir Philip Sidney
- As Vanquish’d Erin by Thomas Moore
- Fragment of a Greek Tragedy poem – A. E. Housman
- Robert Burns: To Mr. M’Adam, Of Craigen-Gillan: In answer to an obliging Letter he sent in the commencement of my poetic career.
- Untitled XVII by Yunus Emre
- Summa poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Ольга Берггольц – Из блокнота сорок первого года
- Please Don’t Judas Me by Mark Miller
- Two Songs Of Advent by Yvor Winters
- Sonet 47 by William Alexander
- Olney Hymn 52: For The Poor by William Cowper
- The Times Are Tidy by Sylvia Plath
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
- Indian Dancers by Sarojini Naidu
- Indian Dancer by Sarojini Naidu
- In The Forest by Sarojini Naidu
- In Salutation to the Eternal Peace by Sarojini Naidu
- In Praise Of Henna by Sarojini Naidu
- Humayun To Zobeida (From the Urdu) by Sarojini Naidu
- Harvest Hymn by Sarojini Naidu
- Ecstasy by Sarojini Naidu
- Damayante To Nala In The Hour Of Exile by Sarojini Naidu
- Cradle Song by Sarojini Naidu
- Coromandel Fishers by Sarojini Naidu
- Corn Grinders by Sarojini Naidu
- Autumn Song by Sarojini Naidu
- An Indian Love Song by Sarojini Naidu
- Alabaster by Sarojini Naidu
- A Rajput Love Song by Sarojini Naidu
- A Love Song from the North by Sarojini Naidu
- Wishes by Satish Verma
- WINGS ATTACHED by Satish Verma
- WHAT ENDING by Satish Verma
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
