It’s funny how beetles
and creatures like that
can walk upside down
as well as walk flat.
They crawl on a ceiling
and climb on a wall
without any practice
or trouble at all.
While I have been trying
for a year (maybe more)
and still I can’t stand
with my head on the floor.

A few random poems:
- Константин Бальмонт – Эльзи
- Epistles to Several Persons: Epistle IV, To Richard Boyle, poem – Alexander Pope
- Robert Burns: The Chevalier’s Lament:
- The Coming Of Wisdom With Time by William Butler Yeats
- XI: Some Verses: To His Worthy Friend Master Walter Quin by William Alexander
- Robert Burns: The Bonie Lass Of Albany:
- Motel Seedy by Thomas Lux
- Weathering poem – A. R. Ammons poems | Poetry Monster
- Аля Кудряшева – Меня мотает тянет ведет налево
- Doomes-Day: The Eighth Houre by William Alexander
- Robert Burns: The True Loyal Natives:
- Leszko The Bastard poem – Alfred Austin
- Robert Burns: Robin Shure In Hairst:
- An Answer To A Copy Of Verses Sent Me To Jersey
- Nothing is Real by Rixa White
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
- After Apple-Picking by Robert Frost
- Acquainted With the Night by Robert Frost
- Acceptance by Robert Frost
- A Winter Eden by Robert Frost
- A Time to Talk by Robert Frost
- A Star in a Stoneboat by Robert Frost
- A Soldier by Robert Frost
- A Servant to Servants by Robert Frost
- A Question by Robert Frost
- A Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost
- A Peck of Gold by Robert Frost
- A Patch of Old Snow by Robert Frost
- A Passing Glimpse by Robert Frost
- A Minor Bird by Robert Frost
- A Late Walk by Robert Frost
- A Hundred Collars by Robert Frost
- A Hillside Thaw by Robert Frost
- A Girl’s Garden by Robert Frost
- A Fountain, a Bottle, a Donkey’s Ears, and Some Books by Robert Frost
- A Dream Pang by Robert Frost
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