each time i pare my nail
i feel deeply grateful
for its unselfish readiness
to die in my stead
sparing me the keen sense
of the unbearable pain of growth
out of those parts of me
always younger
more romantic
and much more memorable
spread randomly
like unnoticeable seeds
sown in the spring soil
End of the poem
15 random poems
- The Thought-Fox by Ted Hughes
- Олег Бундур – Папа собирается на рыбалку
- Robert Burns: Had I A Cave:
- Where Are You?
- Great Men Have Been Among Us by William Wordsworth
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Любить
- Eidólons. by Walt Whitman
- Aunt’s Tantrums by William Barnes
- Pensive on Her Dead Gazing, I Heard the Mother of All. by Walt Whitman
- Владимир Набоков – Забудешь ты меня, как эту ночь забудешь
- My Heart Leaps Up by William Wordsworth
- Олег Бундур – Нарасхват
- Николай Гумилев – За часом час бежит и падает во тьму
- False Intimacy by Vaishnavi Prakash
- O Living Always—Always Dying. by Walt Whitman
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).
