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:
- Sonnet 01 poem – John Milton poems
- Synesthesia by Orla McGreevy
- Mirage poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Night With Passion! by Stevens Cadet
- Children’s Children by William Barnes
- Robert Burns: Song Composed In August:
- A Royal Home-Coming poem – Alfred Austin
- Олег Бундур – Наши неприятности
- Владимир Маяковский – За 10 месяцев 1920 года… (РОСТА №748)
- Rock ‘N’ Roll Band by Shel Silverstein
- Ольга Берггольц – Какая тёмная зима
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня Сашки Червня
- Омар Хайям – Небо кушак, что облек изнуренный мой стан
- Colloquy by Weldon Kees
- Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known by William Wordsworth
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
- Recollection
- Practising The Anthem
- Practising Anthem
- Peace
- On Australian Hills
- Mirage
- Memoriam
- Mates
- Lord Nevils Advice
- Lord Nevil039s Advice
- Looking In The Fire
- Looking Fire
- Learn
- Last Battle Cid
- Influence
- Individuality
- In Memoriam
- Honour
- Home Sick
- Holy Communion
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