Stars, I have seen them fall,
But when they drop and die
No star is lost at all
From all the star-sown sky.
The toil of all that be
Helps not the primal fault;
It rains into the sea,
And still the sea is salt.

A few random poems:
- Robert Burns: Raging Fortune:
- Hands by Russell Edson
- Sonnet 19 poem – John Milton poems
- The Iliad: Book VI (excerpt) poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Гавриил Державин – Поминки
- A Man Young And Old: III. The Mermaid by William Butler Yeats
- Love Preparing to Fly poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Hymn For The Use Of The Sunday School At Olney by William Cowper
- The Gardener XLVIII: Free Me by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Dandelion by Vachel Lindsay
- Underneath an Abject Willow by W H Auden
- Circulation by Raymond Carver
- A Dog’s Grave by Winifred Mary Letts
- Lord when the wise men came from farr by Sidney Godolphin
- Taking Off by Satish Verma
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
- SOMALIA CALLING by Satish Verma
- Solitudes by Satish Verma
- SNAKE CHARMING by Satish Verma
- Smiling Buddha by Satish Verma
- Singing Darkness by Satish Verma
- Sin and Prayer by Satish Verma
- Silver Trails by Satish Verma
- Sidelined by Satish Verma
- Shimmering by Satish Verma
- SELF-WATCH by Satish Verma
- Searing Heat by Satish Verma
- SCULPTURING by Satish Verma
- SCARY DANCE by Satish Verma
- REVOLT OF A SUTRA by Satish Verma
- REGENERATING by Satish Verma
- REFLECTING THE PRAISES by Satish Verma
- PURE STEEL by Satish Verma
- PROGNOSIS by Satish Verma
- PRESCIENCE by Satish Verma
- Praying Hurriedly by Satish Verma
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