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 

• Федор Сологуб – Я дорогой невинной и смелою by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – Я часть загадки разгадал by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – Высока луна Господня by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – Выйди в поле полночное by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – Вы не умеете целовать мою землю by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – Всё зеленее и светлее by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – Волна морская – веселый шум by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – Водой спокойной отражены by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – Во внутреннем дворе отеля by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – Во мне мечты мои цветут by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – Вильгельм второй by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – Ветер в трубе by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – Веет ветер мне навстречу by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – В норе темно и мглисто by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – В моём бессилии люби меня by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – В моих мечтах такое постоянство by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – В моей лампаде ясный свет by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – В мантии серой by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – В лунном озарении by Фёдор Сологуб
• Федор Сологуб – В лесу живет проказник неуёмный by Фёдор Сологуб

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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