by Alicja Kuberska
Carmine roses bloom in the midst of winter ,
Drowsy violets peak from under leaves
And daisies stand white in the grass.
The sun heats the earth
And brightens short days with a warm glow.
I notice tenderly embraced lovers  in a park.
Gracious fate gives them one more chance
For an unexpected meeting.
Eyes, surrounded by rays of wrinkles, laugh.
Wind ruffles hair, tosses delicate
Silver threads of gossamer.
And so, unannounced, tardy love arrived
They have the choice of a new path,
Maybe a last chance for happiness.
Life took away their naïve faith
And burned away old feelings.
It left them some dreams
And much hope for a better tomorrow
They are lost in thoughts
Doubts and fears spring up
From the shadows like ghouls
The head says: no….it’s not worth it….think it over…
The heart says-yes…go forwards…fall in love..
Nature has stopped the hands of the clock.
Red hearts bloom.
                    Poland        
              Copyright ©: 
                    Alicja Kuberska        
        

A few random poems:
- Birdsong by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
 - Ballad of the Goodly Fere poem – Ezra Pound poems
 - To a Lady with an Unruly and Ill-mannered Dog Who Bit several Persons of Importance by Sir Walter Raleigh
 - The Gift of the Sea by Rudyard Kipling
 - At Ease by Walter de la Mare
 - Михаил Лермонтов – Весна
 - On Deck by Sylvia Plath
 - My Rival by Rudyard Kipling
 - Edgar Allan Poe by Timothy Thomas Fortune
 - Владимир Маяковский – Наше воскресенье
 - O aye my wife she dang me (Song) by Robert Burns
 - Untitled
 - A Pretty Woman by Robert Browning
 - The Language of William Dunbar
 - What Semiramis Said by Vachel Lindsay
 
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
- Владимир Маяковский – Два опиума
 - Владимир Маяковский – Два не совсем обычных случая
 - Владимир Маяковский – Два гренадера и один адмирал
 - Владимир Маяковский – Два Берлина
 - Владимир Маяковский – Дурацкий сон (РОСТА №234)
 - Владимир Маяковский – Думай об армии (РОСТА №873)
 - Владимир Маяковский – Дожмем! В России буржуазия побеждена… (РОСТА №841)
 - Владимир Маяковский – Донецкий шахтер голодает… (РОСТА №619)
 - Владимир Маяковский – Домой
 - Владимир Маяковский – Дом Герцена
 - Владимир Маяковский – Долой волокиту! Да здравствует революционная инициатива! (РОСТА № 493 )
 - Владимир Маяковский – Долой мешечников (РОСТА №525)
 - Владимир Маяковский – Долг Украине
 - Владимир Маяковский – Добьем! (РОСТА №745)
 - Владимир Маяковский – Для Донбасса формируется поезд с подарками (РОСТА №938)
 - Владимир Маяковский – Для чего оттягивают паны мириться?.. (РОСТА №264)
 - Владимир Маяковский – Детский театр из собственной квартирки
 - Владимир Маяковский – Дешевая распродажа
 - Владимир Маяковский – День в маевочку мою… (Главполитпросвет №151)
 - Владимир Маяковский – Дело красноармейцев драться… (РОСТА №336)
 
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