A poem by Alexander Pushkin – Pouchkine, Pooshkin (1799-1837), in English translation
Don’t ask me why, alone in dismal thought,
In times of mirth, I’m often filled with strife,
And why my weary stare is so distraught,
And why I don’t enjoy the dream of life;
Don’t ask me why my happiness has perished,
Why I don’t love the love that pleased me then,
No longer can I call someone my cherished–
Who once felt love will never love again;
Who once felt bliss, no more will feel its essence,
A moment’s happiness is all that we receive:
From youth, prosperity and joyful pleasantry,
All that is left is apathy and grief…

A few random poems:
- Алексей Плещеев – Ёлка в школе
 - Paragraphs from a Day-Book by Marilyn Hacker
 - You Will Forget! by Timothy Thomas Fortune
 - “From the man whom I love, though my heart I disguise,” by Tobias Smollett
 - The Precinct. Rochester poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
 - The Blessed by William Butler Yeats
 - Владимир Луговской – Конек-горбунок
 - In Memoriam A. H. H.: 16. I Envy not in any Moods poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - four legs good, two legs bad by Raj Arumugam
 - Sonnet # 7 by Luis A. Estable
 - The Prarie Battlements by Vachel Lindsay
 - Here Pause: The Poet Claims At Least This Praise by William Wordsworth
 - Robert Burns: Willie Chalmers: Mr. Chalmers, a gentleman in Ayrshire, a particular friend of mine, asked me to write a poetic epistle to a young lady, his Dulcinea. I had seen her, but was scarcely acquainted with her, and wrote as follows:-
 - Николай Карамзин – К неверной
 - The Constellations by William Cullen Bryant
 
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
- Анатолий Жигулин – Кукует поздняя кукушка
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Кострожоги
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Кордон Песчаный
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Коломенское
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Кладбище в Заполярье
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Калина
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Из больничной тетради
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Иду в полях
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Гулко эхо от ранних шагов
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Горят сырые листья
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Где теперь ты, рыжая
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Эпоха
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Дорога
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Деревья с черными грачами
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Дальние предки
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Цветы сажают в торф
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Черные листья осины
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Бросаю в воду хлеб
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Береза
 - Анатолий Жигулин – Белый-белый торжественный снег
 
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
	
Alexander Pushkin (1799-1937) was a Russian poet, playwright and prose writer, founder of the realistic trend in Russian literature, literary critic and theorist of literature, historian, publicist, journalist; one of the most important cultural figures in Russia in the first third of the 19th century.