by Ajmer Rode
The Maharishi whispers:
the flesh is Maya, the lie
the soul is eternal, the truth.
The baby
inside a starved womb insists
it must come out,
needs more flesh.
The maharishi
and the baby in the womb
stare across
into each other’s eyes.
Blue Meditations
Copyright ©:
Ajmer Rode

A few random poems:
- Winter Promises by Marge Piercy
- Song—Beware o’ Bonie Ann by Robert Burns
- Владимир Маяковский – В 12 часов по ночам
- Михаил Ломоносов – Чем ты дале прочь отходишь
- Augustus Gloop… by Roald Dahl
- Николай Карамзин – Сильфида
- A March Afternoon poem – Amy Cavanaugh poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Британишский – Отечественные записки 1840-х годов
- Winter by Shaunna Harper
- Identity Card by Mahmoud Darwish
- SNAKE CHARMING by Satish Verma
- Sonnet 121: Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed by William Shakespeare
- My Eyes in the Time of Apparition by Rachel McKibbens
- A Florilegium poem – Alfred Austin
- Sonnet CXIV by William Shakespeare
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
- A Sigh In The Night
- A Sermon
- A Prayer
- A Dream Of Venice
- A Supplication
- Written Juice Lemon
- Written In Juice Of Lemon
- Wit
- Welcome
- Vote Excerpt
- Usurpation
- Tree Knowledge
- To The Royal Society
- To The Lord Falkland
- To Sir William Davenant
- Thisbes Song
- The Wish
- The Welcome
- The Vote Excerpt
- The Usurpation
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