This is not Love, perhaps,
Love that lays down its life,
that many waters cannot quench,
nor the floods drown,
But something written in lighter ink,
said in a lower tone, something, perhaps, especially our own.

A need, at times, to be together and talk,
And then the finding we can walk
More firmly through dark narrow places,
And meet more easily nightmare faces;
A need to reach out, sometimes, hand to hand,
And then find Earth less like an alien land;
A need for alliance to defeat
The whisperers at the corner of the street.

A need for inns on roads, islands in seas,
Halts for discoveries to be shared,
Maps checked, notes compared;
A need, at times, of each for each,
Direct as the need of throat and tongue for speech.

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A few random poems:

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 

• Оливер Голдсмит – Пыл упований людям дан by Oliver Goldsmith
• Оливер Голдсмит – Послание в прозе и стихах by Oliver Goldsmith
• Оливер Голдсмит – Подношение by Oliver Goldsmith
• Оливер Голдсмит – Песенка by Oliver Goldsmith
• Оливер Голдсмит – Опровержение логики by Oliver Goldsmith
• Оливер Голдсмит – Оленья туша by Oliver Goldsmith
• Оливер Голдсмит – Каждому по заслугам by Oliver Goldsmith
• Оливер Голдсмит – Эпитафия Неду Пардону by Oliver Goldsmith
• Ольга Высотская – Звёздочки by Ольга Высоцкая
• Ольга Высотская – Здравствуй, праздник by Ольга Высоцкая
• Ольга Высотская – Я зубы стисну, губы закушу by Ольга Высоцкая
• Ольга Высотская – Волны by Ольга Высоцкая
• Ольга Высотская – Веселый поезд by Ольга Высоцкая
• Ольга Высотская – Снежный кролик by Ольга Высоцкая
• Ольга Высотская – Первые заморозки by Ольга Высоцкая
• Ольга Высотская – Обидчивая кукушка by Ольга Высоцкая
• Ольга Высотская – Гости by Ольга Высоцкая
• Ольга Высотская – Ежик by Ольга Высоцкая
• Ольга Высотская стихи: лучшие стихотворения для детей Высотской – Poetry Monster by Ольга Высоцкая
• Ольга Высотская – Детский сад by Ольга Высоцкая

More external links (open in a new tab):

Russian Commerce Agency

Dealing Monster

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.

 

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The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works