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:
- What Best I See In Thee. by Walt Whitman
- “When the reaper lays the sickle by ” poem – Alfred Austin
- Владимир Луговской – Мертвый хватает живого
- Shema by Primo Levi
- Samson Agonistes poem – John Milton poems
- Mad Girl’s Love Song by Sylvia Plath
- Christmas Dance of the Hours by Michael T. Bee
- Омар Хайям – До коих пор униженный позор терпеть
- Николай Языков – Элегии (Свободен я: уже не трачу)
- Friend by Rabindranath Tagore
- Eyes Look Into The Well by W H Auden
- A Hillside Thaw by Robert Frost
- Владимир Луговской – Игорь
- Flowers by Thomas Hood
- A Bowl Of Roses by William Ernest Henley
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
- Юрий Котов – Ты что-же боль, меня не отпускаешь
- Юрий Коринец – Тишина
- Юрий Коринец – Стихи о вшах
- Юрий Коринец – Старухи
- Юрий Коринец – Отцовская песня
- Юрий Коринец – О стиральной машине
- Юрий Коринец – О счастье
- Юрий Коринец – Не кажется ли вам
- Юрий Коринец – Март
- Юрий Коринец – Листопад
- Юрий Коринец – Кто очень болен
- Юрий Коринец – Дедовский подарок
- Юрий Коринец – Царь-баба
- Юрий Калугин – Счастье любит тишину
- Юрий Галансков – Вступление к поэме “Апельсиновая шкура”
- Юрий Галансков – Утро
- Юрий Галансков – Справедливости окровавленные уста
- Юрий Галансков – Шиповник
- Юрий Галансков – Рванулось пламя из ствола
- Юрий Галансков – Он к нам придёт
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.