Stairs fly as straight as hawks;
Or else in spirals, curve out of curve, pausing
At a ledge to poise their wings before relaunching.
Stairs sway at the height of their flight
Like a melody in Tristan;
Or swoop to the ground with glad spread of their feathers
Before they close them.

They curiously investigate
The shells of buildings,
A hollow core,
Shell in a shell.

Useless to produce their path to infinity
Or turn it to a moral symbol,
For their flight is ambiguous, upwards or downwards as you please;
Their fountain is frozen,
Their concertina is silent.

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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 

• София Парнок – Ты помнишь коридорчик узенький by София Парнок
• София Парнок – Триолеты by София Парнок
• София Парнок – Тихо плачу и пою by София Парнок
• София Парнок – Сегодня с неба день поспешней by София Парнок
• София Парнок – Рондель by София Парнок
• София Парнок – Он ходит с женщиной в светлом by София Парнок
• София Парнок – Об одной лошаденке чалой by София Парнок
• София Парнок – Кипящий звук неторопливых арб by София Парнок
• София Парнок – И голос окликнул тебя среди ночи by София Парнок
• София Парнок – Газэлы by София Парнок
• София Парнок – Екатерине Гельцер by София Парнок
• София Парнок – Белой ночью by София Парнок
• Шекспир – Ты утоляешь мой голодный взор – Сонет 75 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Запечатленный в слове лик твой милый – Сонет 59 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Сонет 50 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Я так тебя люблю – Сонет 36 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Я не хочу хвалить любовь мою – Сонет 21 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Я лью потоки горьких слез – Сонет 44 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Я дорого ценю любовь твою – Сонет 87 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Весну не перельешь в хрусталь – Сонет 6 by William Shakespeare

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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