by Ainne Frances dela Cruz
gravity suspended.
fowls dreaming of air.
so wings.
connive and beat.
so dread.
of pain and air.
so distant.
the reach from sky to earth.
so pain.
but after all the sun.
The Tower Journal Fall 2010
Copyright ©:
2011

A few random poems:
- Fire, Famine, And Slaughter : A War Eclogue by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Олег Григорьев – Зашли мы к Сизову с приятелем
- The Wise Builder by William Somervile
- Civilian and Soldier by Wole Soyinka
- Владимир Вишневский – Стада уж боле не пасутся мирно
- It Takes a While to Disappear by Ralph Angel
- Алексей Жемчужников – В Европе
- The Oak Of Guernica Supposed Address To The Same by William Wordsworth
- Above the Battle’s Front by Vachel Lindsay
- I Rose Up at the Dawn of Day by William Blake
- Youth And The Pilgrim by Sara Teasdale
- Day’s Work A-Done by William Barnes
- Epigram pinned to Mrs. Riddell’s carriage by Robert Burns
- Suttee by Sarojini Naidu
- Tis Time, I Think, By Wenlock Town poem – A. E. Housman
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
- Robert Burns: The Winter It Is Past:
- Robert Burns: To Daunton Me:
- Robert Burns: Talk Of Him That’s Far Awa:
- Robert Burns: The Lad They Ca’Jumpin John:
- Robert Burns: Duncan Davison :
- Robert Burns: Hey, The Dusty Miller:
- Robert Burns: How Long And Dreary Is The Night :
- Robert Burns: Up In The Morning Early:
- Robert Burns: Raving Winds Around Her Blowing: I composed these verses on Miss Isabella M’Leod of Raza, alluding to her feelings on the death of her sister, and the still more melancholy death of her sister’s husband, the late Earl of Loudoun, who shot himself out of sheer heart-break at some mortifications he suffered, owing to the deranged state of his finances.-R.B., 1971.
- Robert Burns: My Hoggie:
- Robert Burns: Stay My Charmer:
- Robert Burns: M’Pherson’s Farewell:
- Robert Burns: To The Weavers Gin Ye Go:
- Robert Burns: I’m O’er Young To Marry Yet:
- Robert Burns: Clarinda, Mistress Of My Soul:
- Robert Burns: Go On, Sweet Bird, And Sooth My Care:
- Robert Burns: Love In The Guise Of Friendship:
- Robert Burns: Sylvander To Clarinda: Extempore Reply to Verses addressed to the Author by a Lady, under the signature of “Clarinda” and entitled, On Burns saying he ‘had nothing else to do.’
- Robert Burns: On The Death Of Robert Dundas, Esq., Of Arniston,: Late Lord President of the Court of Session.
- Robert Burns: Birthday Ode For 31st December, 1787:
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