A poem by Alexander Pushkin – Pouchkine, Pooshkin (1799-1837), in English translation
Rich the first flower’s graces be,
But dearer far the last to me;
My spirit feels renewal sweet,
Of all my dreams hope or desire–
The hours of parting oft inspire
More than the moments when we meet!
A few random poems:
- Excerpt from “What’s O’Clock” poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Cat’s Song by Marge Piercy
- Spring – The First Pastoral ; or Damon poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- No Matter What You Write by Mac McGovern
- For Fixation Who Loves Me Back poem – Amy Cavanaugh poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Sea And the Hills by Rudyard Kipling
- Orlando Furioso Canto 19 by Ludovico Ariosto
- Вера Павлова – за руку здороваться с рекой
- Владимир Британишский – Служба
- Rains Have Come poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Витя, Витенка, Витюша
- Robert Burns: Adam Armour’s Prayer:
- The Statues by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Высоцкий – Люблю тебя
- The Heart That Is Pining by Timothy Thomas Fortune
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
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
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
Alexander Pushkin (1799-1937) was a Russian poet, playwright and prose writer, founder of the realistic trend in Russian literature, literary critic and theorist of literature, historian, publicist, journalist; one of the most important cultural figures in Russia in the first third of the 19th century.