Upside Down

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.

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Poems in English 

• Commemoration of Rodney’s Victory by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Coming Through The Rye by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Caledonia: A Ballad by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Burlesque Lament fo Wm. Creech’s Absence by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Bonnie Lesley by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Bonie Jean: A Ballad by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Boat Song—Hey, Ca’ Thro’ by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Birthday Ode for 31st December, 1787 by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Ballad on the American War by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 4 by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 3 by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 2 by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 1 by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Apology to Mr. Syme for not dining with him by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Another on the said Occasion by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Ah, woe is me, my Mother dear by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Ae Fond Kiss, And Then We Sever by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Address to Wm. Tytler, Esq., of Woodhouselee by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Address to the Unco Guid by Robert Burns by Robert Burns

More external links (open in a new tab):

Russian Commerce Agency

Dealing Monster

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.

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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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