Before you knew you owned it poem – Alice Walker

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 

• Олег Бундур – Дедушка воспитывает папу by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Дедушка by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Что будет, если by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Чем пахнет мама by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Чайковский by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Быстро расту by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Будильник by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Босиком by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Ближе к снегу by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Без меня by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Бесконечность by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Барашки by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Бабушка под зонтиком by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Август by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – Аппетит by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – А мне-то ничего by Поэзия На Русском
• Олег Бундур – 1 сентября by Поэзия На Русском
• Ок Мельникова – Заповедь номер одиннадцать by Поэзия На Русском
• Ок Мельникова – Всё будет by Поэзия На Русском
• Ок Мельникова – Вечные ценности by Поэзия На Русском

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.

 

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