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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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 

• Джон Мильтон – Новым гонителям свободы by John Milton
• Джон Мильтон – Написано в дни, когда ожидался штурм Лондона by John Milton
• Джон Китс – Два-три букета и две-три коробки by John Keats
• Джон Китс – Дуралейная песня by John Keats
• Джон Китс – Девчонка из Девона by John Keats
• Джон Китс – Делим яблоко Евы by John Keats
• Джон Китс – Что ж, по горам и по долам by John Keats
• Джон Китс – Четыре разных времени в году by John Keats
• Джон Китс – Чаттертону by John Keats
• Джон Донн – Женская верность by John Donne
• Джон Донн – Я весь боренье, на беду мою by John Donne
• Джон Донн – Христос, Свою невесту, всю в лучах by John Donne
• Джон Донн – Ворожба над портретом by John Donne
• Джон Донн – О черная душа, Недуг напал by John Donne
• Джон Донн – Ничто by John Donne
• Джон Донн – Мощи by John Donne
• Джон Донн – Любовная наука by John Donne
• Джон Донн – Лекция о тени by John Donne
• Джон Донн – Когда я с ней, с моим бесценным кладом by John Donne
• Демьян Бедный – Весенний благостный покой by Демьян (Ефим) Бедный (Притворов)

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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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