Tube Station
by A. S. J. Tessimond
The tube lift mounts,
sap in a stem,
And blossoms its load,
a black, untidy rose.
The fountain of the escalator
curls at the crest,
breaks and scatters
A winnow of men,
a sickle of dark spray.

A few random poems:
- 永遠
- Song—A Bottle and Friend by Robert Burns
- Portrait in Black and White by Marjorie Kanter
- Кондратий Рылеев – К Надежде
- Lament Of Mary Queen Of Scots by William Wordsworth
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 66. Томас Мур.
- Astigmatism poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sonnet CXX by William Shakespeare
- A Tusculan Question poem – Alfred Austin
- Written Manna by Rangam Chiru
- Наум Коржавин – Песня лейб-казачьей сотни
- The Blessed Virgin Compared To The Air We Breathe poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Sonnet 38: How can my Muse want subject to invent by William Shakespeare
- Dedication To The Edition Of 1876 To H.J.A. poem – Alfred Austin
- The Grammar Lesson by Steve Kowit
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