A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
In merry old England it once was the rule
The King had his poet and also his fool
But now were so frugal I have you to know it
That Cibber can serve both for fool and for poet!

A few random poems:
- Джон Донн – Любовная наука
- Autumn Song by Sarojini Naidu
- The Moralists by Yvor Winters
- On the Beach at Night, Alone. by Walt Whitman
- Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 2 by Robert Burns
- This Moment, Yearning and Thoughtful. by Walt Whitman
- Melinda Mae by Shel Silverstein
- Омар Хайям – Часть людей обольщается жизнью земной
- I Heard Immanuel Singing by Vachel Lindsay
- Robert Burns: :
- Minnie and Winnie poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Eternal Drift by Satish Verma
- Kinu Goala’s Alley – English Translation by Rabindranath Tagore
- Владимир Вишневский – Долго же мы друг друга откладывали
- Владимир Маяковский – Живой труп (РОСТА №182)
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
- The Epic Menageries by MB Moshe
- The Cup of Life by Mike Yuan
- The Colored Balloon by Mike Yuan
- The Cinnamon Peeler by Michael Ondaatje
- State Fair Time by Michael S Wilson
- Speaking To You (From Rock Bottom) by Michael Ondaatje
- Soulmating by Mike Yuan
- Since That Summer by Mike Yuan
- Searching by Mike Yuan
- Scotland by MB Moshe
- Ruined World by Michael Yuan
- Ready for Retirement by Mike Yuan
- Promise Ya by Miraj Patel
- Picking Cherries by Mike Yuan
- Outset by Mike Yuan
- Obdurant men, the worst of the abstinant by Miles
- Notes For The Legend Of Salad Woman by Michael Ondaatje
- Not even a child by Miles
- Nailing by Mike Yuan
- My Ink by Mike Yuan
More external links (open in a new tab):
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.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works