After the frenzied flutter of their nuptial flight,
Termites land on my bathroom floor.
The double wings now slicked back
Trail on the tiles
Like a monarch’s train.
Dionesia from the Bicol Region of the Philippines
Cries: Pieces!
Ma’am, I found three pieces!
Like chocolate or music.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Rip van Winkle’s dream by Raj Arumugam
- old-boy.html
- Beach Glass poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- Олег Бундур – Ранним утром
- Владимир Корнилов – Пишущая машинка
- Алексей Плещеев – Смотрю на нее и любуюсь
- The Blind by Sara Teasdale
- Василий Жуковский – Ахилл
- Dublinesque by Philip Larkin
- Orlando Furioso Canto 8 by Ludovico Ariosto
- A Love Song from the North by Sarojini Naidu
- Job Interview by William Matthews
- Earth-Moon by Ted Hughes
- An Old Doll
- Зинаида Александрова – Кролики
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
