The Riddle

I dressed a lot of persons

I patched clothes to many others

The rich as well as the poor

I took off thorns

To the sick I pierced boils

I also pierced plenty of ears

Most people need me

They can’t do without me

I adorned too many brides

I made their grooms look handsome

So that they please their admirers

I protected the miserable

I covered and wormed them

With the suitable cloth

I cared a lot for the wrecked

I provided them with food in plenty

I realized later on

That I was doing only good

But as if I was digging in water

No profit coming in return

From the ungrateful man

Yet I kept accomplishing my duty

What I said is an example

I took it from our rich repertory

All the words I’ve used

Are about my doings

And those of the needle

Which remains naked.

ahcene mariche

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Poems in English 

• I Shout Love by Milton Acorn by Poetry In English
• I know our friendship wil never end by Miraj Patel by Poetry In English
• I Just Wanna Make You Mine Girl by Miraj Patel by Poetry In English
• I Just Wanna Be Your Number One by Miraj Patel by Poetry In English
• I Have A Friend I Can Proudly Say by Miraj Patel by Poetry In English
• I Just Wanna Be Your Valentine by Miraj Patel by Poetry In English
• I Can Feel The Same by Miraj Patel by Poetry In English
• Househunting by Mike Yuan by Poetry In English
• Hiking by Mike Yuan by Poetry In English
• Growth: for Allen Qing Yuan by Mike Yuan by Poetry In English
• Global Warning by Mike Yuan by Poetry In English
• Four Corners by Michelle Bonczek Evory by Poetry In English
• Forever Ya by Miraj Patel by Poetry In English
• Far Pitched Tents: Poems of War by Michael Nikoletseas by Poetry In English
• Entering the Body by Michelle Bonczek Evory by Poetry In English
• Elizabeth by Michael Ondaatje by Michael Ondaatje
• East Idioms (1): A Fable by Mike Yuan by Poetry In English
• Don’t Hang Up The Phone by Miraj Patel by Poetry In English
• Christmas Dance of the Hours by Michael T. Bee by Poetry In English
• Change of Climate by Michael S Wilson by Poetry In English

More external links (open in a new tab):

Russian Commerce Agency

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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.

 

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