this is a bewildered
and bashful bat
seeing with its ears
flying without feathers
biting, chewing, nd sucking
instead of beaking or pecking
dreaming on its back
more than on its belly
although a perfectly normal mammal
he has been trying hard
to make a bird’s living
never wanting to deceive
nor attention to receive
forgetting all human associations
i wonder one thing about this bat
are you a little comic error of nature
or rather a tragic wonder of life?
(sept.2, 2004)
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Sonnet 12
- Upon Julia’s Breast by Marie Starr
- 19-19 by Michelle Bonczek Evory
- Spirituality of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Gerard Manley Hopkins: a shepherd poet
- Валерий Брюсов – Германия (отрывки)
- The Sonnet, The Lady, And The Prince by William Alexander
- The Choral Union by Siegfried Sassoon
- Upon The Sight Of A Beautiful Picture Painted By Sir G. H. Beaumont, Bart by William Wordsworth
- Нина Воронель – Неделю, как сотню, лучше не трогать
- Robert Burns: Extempore In The Court Of Session:
- AWAY FROM HOME by Satish Verma
- Владимир Степанов – В лесу осиновом
- Tears
- Teenager by Patrick Connors
- Омар Хайям – Люблю вино, ловлю веселья миг
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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).
