I have never feared death
Even though
Its hands were more fragile
Than banality.
I dread, however, to die
In a land where
The grave digger’s wages
Exceed the price of human freedom.
Looking for,
Discovering,
Choosing freely,
And transforming one’s essence
Into a fortress.
If the price of death is higher than all that,
I deny, in absolute terms,
To have ever feared death.
A few random poems:
- Not the Pilot. by Walt Whitman
- The Black Tower by William Butler Yeats
- Ольга Берггольц – Я все оставляю тебе при уходе
- Владимир Высоцкий – Я всё чаще думаю о судьях
- What these girl means to me by Maphoto selokela
- Bury Me In My Shades by Shel Silverstein
- A Tale, Founded On A Fact, Which Happened In January, 1779 by William Cowper
- Николай Заболоцкий – Последняя любовь
- Mama I’ll Sing One For You by Shel Silverstein
- The Ugly Little Bird
- Олег Григорьев – Угро
- Владимир Набоков – Еще безмолвствую и крепну я в тиши
- The Passing of the Elder Bards by William Wordsworth
- Альфред Теннисон – Сёстры
- Михаил Лермонтов – Боюсь не смерти я
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
- Recollection
- Practising The Anthem
- Practising Anthem
- Peace
- On Australian Hills
- Mirage
- Memoriam
- Mates
- Lord Nevils Advice
- Lord Nevil039s Advice
- Looking In The Fire
- Looking Fire
- Learn
- Last Battle Cid
- Influence
- Individuality
- In Memoriam
- Honour
- Home Sick
- Holy Communion
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
