Cats
by A. S. J. Tessimond
Cats no less liquid than their shadows
Offer no angles to the wind.
They slip, diminished, neat through loopholes
Less than themselves; will not be pinned
To rules or routes for journeys; counter
Attack with non-resistance; twist
Enticing through the curving fingers
And leave an angered empty fist.
They wait obsequious as darkness
Quick to retire, quick to return;
Admit no aim or ethics; flatter
With reservations; will not learn
To answer to their names; are seldom
Truly owned till shot or skinned.
Cats no less liquid than their shadows
Offer no angles to the wind.
A few random poems:
- Couplet 2 poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sonnet. The Human Seasons poem – John Keats poems
- The Confederate Flags poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Ярослав Смеляков – Хорошая девочка Лида
- Robert Burns: Epigram At Roslin Inn:
- Astrophel and Stella LXXXIV: HIGHWAY by Sir Philip Sidney
- The Sandbox by Rachel McKibbens
- Against Fruition
- Николай Огарев – С полуночи ветер холодный подул
- Юлия Друнина – Зима, зима нагрянет скоро
- Владимир Набоков – О, любовь, ты светла и крылата
- Pensive on Her Dead Gazing, I Heard the Mother of All. by Walt Whitman
- Владимир Корнилов – Флейта в метро
- Владимир Высоцкий – И в Дубне, и на Таганке что-то ставят, что-то строят
- Acts Of Love
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
- Recollection
- Practising The Anthem
- Practising Anthem
- Peace
- On Australian Hills
- Mirage
- Memoriam
- Mates
- Lord Nevils Advice
- Lord Nevil039s Advice
- Looking In The Fire
- Looking Fire
- Learn
- Last Battle Cid
- Influence
- Individuality
- In Memoriam
- Honour
- Home Sick
- Holy Communion
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