the lights are low
you can see the sweat beads
bathing his face like a lizard’s tongue
the crowd is standing on its feet
screaming, dancing, whistling
stomping their feet to the tune
of a marching band
he’s gyrating his hips
making love to the mike
his words are thunder
lightning bolts appear from nowhere
the poems are burning in his hands
the crowd is screaming for more
he’s running up and down the aisle
reciting the ten commandments backwards
he’s back on stage doing acrobatics
the audience is spellbound
the judges are frantically writing
down their scores
he’s standing on his head
he’s trying to raise the dead
he’s brought in the Pope for a duet
the guy waiting his turn
looks white as a ghost
Copyright ©: A. D. Winans
A few random poems:
- The (REAL) Tale of the Tortoise and the Hare by Ross D Tyler
- Альфред де Мюссе – Ночи
- I See Your Beauty by Ronald G. Auguste
- I know you will remember ME by Neelam Sinha
- A March Afternoon poem – Amy Cavanaugh poems | Poems and Poetry
- little teddy bear lost by Raj Arumugam
- Спиридон Дрожжин – Люблю я сельский мой приют
- Владимир Костров – Срок настал, московская богема
- Couplets on Wit poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- The Trout poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Высоцкий – Вот раньше жизнь
- The Bungler poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Анатолий Жигулин – Из больничной тетради
- Владимир Высоцкий – Вы в огне да и в море вовеки не сыщете брода
- The Deserted Garden
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
- The Tree Of Knowledge
- The Thraldom
- The Thief
- The Spring
- The Request
- The Praise Of Pindar In Imitation Of Horace His Second Ode Book 4
- The Parting
- The Motto
- The Innocent Ill
- The Heart Breaking
- The Grasshopper
- The Given Love
- The Given Heart
- The Epicure
- The Despair
- The Chronicle
- The Change
- Sport
- Resolved To Be Loved
- Resolved Be Loved
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
