by Ajmer Rode
The grey sands
invite me to follow the
receding sea water
to recognize a clam shell
that could be the house
where my ancestors began.
I walk slowly with respect.
Blue Meditations

A few random poems:
- The Carnival by Robert Creeley
- Sea God and the wind rose by Vinko Kalinić
- Duckweed Pond by Wang Wei
- To What Serves Mortal Beauty? poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Before an Examination by Stephen Vincent Benet
- The Toucan by Shel Silverstein
- A Musician’s Wife by Weldon Kees
- Twins by Vinko Kalinić
- Robert Burns: Extempore On Some Commemorations Of Thomson:
- Heal Your Broken Heart With Heart Touching Poems
- Ольга Седакова – Дикий шиповник
- Жан де Лафонтен – Лев, сраженный Человеком
- Frijolita by Manolo Arriola
- Impromptu Lines to Captain Riddell by Robert Burns
- Владимир Высоцкий – Не дыми, голова трещит
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
- Reason Use It Divine Matters
- Reason The Use Of It In Divine Matters
- Platonick Love
- On The Death Of Sir Henry Wootton
- On The Death Of Mr William Hervey
- On The Death Of Mr Crashaw
- Of Wit
- Not Fair
- Life
- Hymn To Light
- Hymn Light
- Epitaph
- Despair
- Death Sir Henry Wootton
- Davideis Sacred Poem Troubles David Excerpt
- Davideis A Sacred Poem Of The Troubles Of David Excerpt
- Cousel
- Constantias Song
- Constantia039s Song
- Concealment
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