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:
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Осенняя песня
 - Holiday Letter For A Poet Gone To War
 - Ольга Ермолаева – Напиши мне стишок
 - On Wenlock Edge The Wood’s In Trouble poem – A. E. Housman
 - Crowned poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
 - Our March by Vladimir Mayakovsky
 - The Mask by William Butler Yeats
 - The Rape of the Lock: Canto 2 poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
 - Behold, the grave of a wicked man by Stephen Crane
 - Федор Сологуб – Сверкайте, миги строгих дней
 - Impromptu: To Frances Garnet Wolseley poem – Alfred Austin
 - Storm-Racked poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
 - I’m not listening by Rashmi Sreekumar
 - Ambrosia by Sonya Ki Tomlinson
 - A Funeral Poem on the Death of C.E. by Phillis Wheatley
 
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
- Альфред Теннисон – Сёстры
 - Альфред Теннисон – Странствия Мальдуна
 - Альфред Теннисон – Смерть Старого Года
 - Альфред Теннисон – Рыцарь Галаад
 - Альфред Теннисон – Прощание
 - Альфред Теннисон – Пересекая Черту
 - Альфред Теннисон – Нищая и король
 - Альфред Теннисон – Morte d’Arthur
 - Альфред Теннисон – Лорд Борлей
 - Альфред Теннисон – Леди Клара Вер-де-Вер
 - Альфред Теннисон – Королева мая
 - Альфред Теннисон – Годива
 - Альфред де Мюссе – Вспомни обо мне
 - Альфред де Мюссе – Все мною предано забвенью
 - Альфред де Мюссе – Слова отчаянья прекрасней всех других
 - Альфред де Мюссе – Прости
 - Альфред де Мюссе – Песнь барберины
 - Альфред де Мюссе – Печаль
 - Альфред де Мюссе – Ночи
 - Альфред де Мюссе – Не забывай! Когда заря рассвета
 
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.