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:
- Наум Коржавин – Еж и Заяц
- Goody Blake And Harry Gill by William Wordsworth
- The Flower poem – Alexander Pushkin
- “`Roses crimson, roses white” poem – Alfred Austin
- Владимир Высоцкий – У меня было сорок фамилий
- Низами Гянджеви – Семь красавиц
- Harvest moon by Yosa Buson
- The Brook That Ran By Gramfer’s by William Barnes
- Иосиф Бродский – Бюст Тиберия
- Владимир Британишский – Единственный шаман, которого я видел
- 600 Kilos of Muscle and Bone by Rose Mary Boehm
- Федор Сологуб – Словно лепится сурепица
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня о двух красивых автомобилях
- Владимир Маяковский – Буржуй, прощайся с приятными деньками
- Even if I don’t hear your voice, I know by Vinko Kalinic
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
- Loneliness is a prison by Vladimir Marku
- Little angel by Vladimir Marku
- Let Him In by Vishnu J Mohan
- I Will by Vishü Rita Krocha
- I turn my head by Vladimir Marku
- Her smile by Vladimir Marku
- Happiness by Vishü Rita Krocha
- Friends by Vishü Rita Krocha
- Forget-me-nots by Vishü Rita Krocha
- Evening balcony by Vladimir Marku
- Eve of spring by Vladimir Marku
- Eavesdropping myself by Vladimir Marku
- Desperation by Vishü Rita Krocha
- Demon by Vladimir Marku
- Breather by Vishü Rita Krocha
- Aquarium epoch by Vladimir Marku
- After Midnight by Walid Saba
- Adieu…, adieu…. by Vladimir Marku
- Who’s Who by W H Auden
- We’re Late by W H Auden
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