In a leaden dawn
the horseman stands silent, and
the long mane of his horse is disheveled in the wind.
Oh God, God,
horsemen should not stand still
when things are imminent.
By the burnt hedge
the girl stands silent, and
her thin skirt moves in the wind.
Oh God, God,
girls should not remain silent
when the men, hopeless and weary, grow old.

A few random poems:
- Grief An’ Gladness by William Barnes
- Николай Заболоцкий – Голубиная книга
- Snow by Walter de la Mare
- Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling
- To a Lady and Her Children by Phillis Wheatley
- The Convoy by Stephenie Tucker
- Владимир Британишский – Чюрлёнис
- Sonnet 86: Was it the proud full sail of his great verse by William Shakespeare
- “The flower, full blown, now bends the stalk, now breaks” poem – Alfred Austin
- Kiss Me Again by St Antoine de la Vuadi
- The Waggon A-Stooded by William Barnes
- Алексей Толстой – Ты знаешь, я люблю
- Валерий Брюсов – И. Туманьяну надпись на книге (Да будет праведно возмездие)
- Омар Хайям – Если все государства, вблизи и вдали
- You Ask Me, Why, Tho’ Ill at Ease poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson 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
- The Old Maids Story
- The Night
- The Mob
- The Midnight Mass
- The Magic Wand
- The Legend Of Lady Gertrude
- The Last Battle Of The Cid
- The Kind Word
- The Hands That Hang Down
- The Hand In The Dark
- The Future Verdict
- The Easter Decorations
- The Dawn
- The Dawn Of Gods Sabbath
- The Crown Of Thorns
- The Coo Of The Cushat
- The Candle Of The Lord
- The Baptistry
- Sic Vos Non Vobis
- Seed Time And Harvest
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