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:
- Poems, Potatoes by Sylvia Plath
- The Monastery Of Life by Vaishnavi Prakash
- Алексей Ржевский – Рондо (И всякий так живет)
- If It Is True What the Prophets Write by William Blake
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Буря и тишь
- Владимир Маяковский – Повествование это о странствии эсера вокруг света (Красный перец)
- Isabella; Or, The Pot Of Basil: A Story From Boccaccio poem – John Keats poems
- Songs of Joy by William Henry Davies
- Britannia’s Pastorals by William Browne
- Николай Языков – Песни (Мы любим шумные пиры)
- To a Gentleman and Lady on the Death of the Lady’s Brother and Sister by Phillis Wheatley
- Psalm Three by Mahmoud Darwish
- Вера Павлова – Они влюблены и счастливы
- Epitaph On An Army of Mercenaries poem – A. E. Housman
- Владимир Маяковский – В мире два класса… (РОСТА №501)
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
- Makers And Creatures by Vernon Scannell
- Love thy Country and Do a useful Act – Gurazada by Vijay Narayana Chilaka
- Lesson In Grammar by Vernon Scannell
- Juan In Middle Age by Vernon Scannell
- Incendiary by Vernon Scannell
- Human Instrument by Victoria Bukofske
- Early Morning by Victoria Bukofske
- Death In The Lounge Bar by Vernon Scannell
- Ageing Schoolmaster by Vernon Scannell
- A sinners prayer by Victoria Rose
- A quiet storm by Victor A. Bueno M.
- A poodle and a hound by Victoria Rose
- A kiss to the ground by Victoria Rose
- A City Remembered by Vernon Scannell
- A Case Of Murder by Vernon Scannell
- Song IX: Ho Ye Who Seek Saving by William Morris
- Song IV: Draw Near and Behold Me by William Morris
- Song III: It Grew Up Without Heeding by William Morris
- Song II: Have No Thought for Tomorrow by William Morris
- Song I: Though the World Be A-Waning by William Morris
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