A poem by Alexander Pushkin – Pouchkine, Pooshkin (1799-1837), in English translation
What’s friendship? The hangover’s faction,
The gratis talk of outrage,
Exchange by vanity, inaction,
Or bitter shame of patronage.
A few random poems:
- How I Walked Alone in the Jungles of Heaven by Vachel Lindsay
- Robert Burns: The Epitaph:
- How Many Bards Gild The Lapses Of Time! poem – John Keats poems
- The Bride poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Artist poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- To Gnedich poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Attente by Martine Morillon-Carreau
- Sonnet 78: So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 103: Alack, what poverty my Muse brings forth by William Shakespeare
- Landscapes poem – Andree Chedid poems | Poems and Poetry
- Racial Memories of a Chickadee by Todd H. C. Fischer
- Sonnet 52: So am I as the rich whose blessèd key by William Shakespeare
- Artegal And Elidure by William Wordsworth
- Олег Григорьев – Мотылек
- Олег Бундур – Деревенская история
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
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
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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.