full of youthful air
brilliantly beautiful
flying elegantly high
but ready to burst open
when suddenly stung
by the needle of reality
always sharply pointed
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Иннокентий Анненский – Идеал
- Владимир Маяковский – Раньше иностранцы шли в Россию как разбойники и воры… (Роста №105)
- The Voice by Shel Silverstein
- To All and Everything by Vladimir Mayakovsky
- Claïs by Sappho
- Hira Singhs Farewell To Burmah
- Владимир Набоков – Ut pictura poesis
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- Song—O Tibbie, I hae seen the day by Robert Burns
- September by Ted Hughes
- Василий Тредиаковский – Описание грозы, бывшей в Гааге
- Наум Коржавин – На друга-поэта
- The Leaders Of The Crowd by William Butler Yeats
- Sonnet 79: Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid by William Shakespeare
- Cartographies Of Silence
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).