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:
- Омар Хайям – Не бойтесь дарить согревающих слов
- The First Part: Sonnet 1 – In my first years, and prime yet not at height by William Drummond
- L’Art poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Омар Хайям – Для тех, кто умирает
- Orlando Furioso Canto 19 by Ludovico Ariosto
- Sonnet III by William Shakespeare
- The Gardener IV: Ah Me by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Shepherd, Looking Eastward, Softly Said by William Wordsworth
- Olney Hymn 64: Praise For Faith by William Cowper
- To The Honble Commodore Hood on His Pardoning a Deserter by Phillis Wheatley
- Azure and Gold poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Reveille by Primo Levi
- Владимир Степанов – Хрюшка
- Letter In November by Sylvia Plath
- Владимир Степанов – Воробей
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
- TEMPORARY AND NOW by PEGGY AYLSWORTH
- Swimming Pool by Piera Chen
- Summer by Pornika Ganguly
- Still Life by Piera Chen
- So Long! by Precious Tahula
- Silence by Preeth Nambiar
- Shema by Primo Levi
- Second Poem by Peter Orlovsky
- Reveille by Primo Levi
- Poetic Dilemma by Pawan Kumar
- Snow & Ice by Quincy Troupe
- Untitled by Quincy Troupe
- Poem Reaching For Something by Quincy Troupe
- The Survivor by Primo Levi
- Shema by Primo Levi
- Reveille by Primo Levi
- Snail Poem by Peter Orlovsky
- My Bed is Covered Yellow by Peter Orlovsky
- Second Poem by Peter Orlovsky
- First Poem by Peter Orlovsky
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