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:
- Beguiling by Roger McGough
- Омар Хайям – Бог есть, и всё есть Бог
- The Jingo and the Minstrel by Vachel Lindsay
- Константин Бальмонт – Далеким близким
- Как прекрасны все цветы
- As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free. by Walt Whitman
- Epigoni by Neil Outar
- The Fable of Dryope – Ovid’s Metamorphoses Book 9, [v. 324-393] poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- In Praise of Songs that Die by Vachel Lindsay
- Ольга Берггольц – Обещание
- Robert Burns: I Hae a Wife O’ My Ain:
- Robert Burns: The Keekin’-Glass:
- The Old Manor House
- Владимир Маяковский – Земля наша обильна
- Sonnet 146: Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth by William Shakespeare
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
- Иван Бунин – Не видно птиц
- Иван Бунин – За рекой луга зазеленели
- Иван Бунин – Надпись на могильной плите
- Иван Бунин – Богиня
- Иван Бунин – Безнадежность
- Иван Бунин – Беру твою руку и долго смотрю
- Иван Бунин – Балагула
- Иван Бунин – Апрель
- Иван Бунин – Алёнушка
- Иван Бунин – Пустыня, грусть в степных просторах
- Иван Барков – Выбор
- Иван Барков – Вопрос без ответу
- Иван Барков – Венерино оружие
- Иван Барков – Улика подьячего
- Иван Барков – Торжественным воротам
- Иван Барков – Стихи с матом без цензуры: читать матерные нецензурные стихотворения Баркова – Poetry Monster
- Исикава Такубоку – Дом
- Ирина Токмакова – Каша
- Иосиф Бродский – Бюст Тиберия
- Иосиф Бродский – Буров тракторист
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