There are some nights when
sleep plays coy,
aloof and disdainful.
And all the wiles
that I employ to win
its service to my side
are useless as wounded pride,
and much more painful.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- The Bowling-Green by William Somervile
- English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Evasion. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
- Константин Бальмонт – Морская песня
- Conversation 23: On Cause by Rosmarie Waldrop
- Юнна Мориц – Это да, это нет
- Владимир Маяковский – Неделя фронта (РОСТА)
- Love’s Fitfulness poem – Alfred Austin
- Зинаида Александрова – Смешные человечки
- Wit
- Apple-Blossoms by Will McKendree Carleton
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песенка про прыгуна в длину
- Fragments
- A Little Te Deum Of The Commonplace by John Oxenham
- Purple Heart Liz (My Girl At Woodstock) by Steve Sant
- Владимир Корнилов – Боль
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
