As the bus rumbled on
I continued under my breath
“Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Percy Janes,
Newfoundland writer, poet,
just boarded the number something-or-other.”
If this was Portugal,
a plaque would be placed
over the seat where he sat.
As it is, you have me
mumbling in the street
like a tourist in my own country.
Copyright ©:
Agnes Walsh

A few random poems:
- Kodja Mustafa Pasha poem – Yahya Kemal Beyatli poems | Poetry Monster
- Forgotten Language by Shel Silverstein
- Twins by Vinko Kalinić
- Sound O’ Water by William Barnes
- Half The People In The World by Yehuda Amichai
- Юлия Друнина – Стал холоден мой тёплый старый дом
- Robert Burns: The Trogger.: Heron Election Ballad, No. IV.
- Fragment—Her Flwoing Locks by Robert Burns
- Robert Burns: The Soldier’s Return:
- Two Travellers in the Place Vendome poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket by Robert Lowell
- A Poet! He Hath Put His Heart To School by William Wordsworth
- Monody on a Lady, famed for her Caprice by Robert Burns
- Humankind – How Limitless In Genius by Michael Levy
- Омар Хайям – Когда ветер у розы подол разорвет
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
- On Returning To England poem – Alfred Austin
- Off Mesolongi poem – Alfred Austin
- Nocturnal Vigils poem – Alfred Austin
- Nature And the Book poem – Alfred Austin
- Nature And the Book poem – Alfred Austin
- My Winter Rose poem – Alfred Austin
- Mozart’s Grave poem – Alfred Austin
- Mozart’s Grave poem – Alfred Austin
- Messalina poem – Alfred Austin
- Off Mesolongi poem – Alfred Austin
- Mafeking poem – Alfred Austin
- Madonna poem – Alfred Austin
- Love’s Wisdom poem – Alfred Austin
- Love’s Unity poem – Alfred Austin
- Love’s Harvest poem – Alfred Austin
- Love’s Fitfulness poem – Alfred Austin
- Wordsworth At Dove Cottage poem – Alfred Austin
- Winter Violets poem – Alfred Austin
- The Wind Speaks poem – Alfred Austin
- “Why should I, from this long and losing strife ” poem – Alfred Austin
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