Before you knew you owned it poem – Alice Walker – The Poetry Monster

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.

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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

To Sleep poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To One Who Has Been Long In City Pent poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To My Brothers poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To My Brother George poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Mrs Reynolds’ Cat poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To John Hamilton Reynolds poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Hope poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Homer poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Haydon poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To G.A.W. poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Fanny poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Byron poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Autumn poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Ailsa Rock poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To A Young Lady Who Sent Me A Laurel Crown poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To A Friend Who Sent Me Some Roses poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
This Living Hand poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
Think Of It Not, Sweet One poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
The Human Seasons poem – John Keats poems by John Keats

More external links (open in a new tab):

Russian Commerce Agency

Dealing Monster

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

Poems by Author and Category

The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works

Poetry In English

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