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:
- Words Of Advice by Ronald G. Auguste
- Robert Burns: Epitaph On A Lap-Dog Named Echo:
- Юлия Друнина – Я не привыкла
- The Leäne by William Barnes
- Jerusalem Delivered – Book 03 – part 03 by Torquato Tasso
- Ad Nepotem by Robert Louis Stevenson
- An Elegy upon the Death of the Dean of St. Paul’s, Dr. John by Thomas Carew
- Аля Кудряшева – Слишком уж зол ветер
- The Carpenter’s Son by Sara Teasdale
- Maudlin by Sylvia Plath
- Love Has Nothing to Do with the Five Senses by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Elegie IV: On The Death of Prince Henrie by William Alexander
- Gwaïn Down The Steps Vor Water by William Barnes
- Владимир Высоцкий – Жил-был человек, который очень много видел
- The Winds Out of the West Land Blow poem – A. E. Housman
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
- Adolescence II by Rita Dove
- Adolescence I by Rita Dove
- They are Cruel by Rixa White
- The Polar Koala Bear by Robby Charters
- The Lame Guy by Rob Leatherman Sr.
- The Invisible by Rixa White
- The Epic of Jack and Jill by Robby Charters
- The Commitment by Rob Leatherman Sr.
- The Beginning of the End by Rixa White
- The Ancient Deception by Rixa White
- Start Growing by Rixa White
- Splenda by Rob Leatherman Sr.
- Show me by Rixa White
- Rhyme by the Bog by Robby Charters
- Power of Peace by Rixa White
- Poetic Justice by Robby Charters
- Old Times by Rixa white
- Nothing is Real by Rixa White
- Limericks by Robby Charters
- It is a Show by Rixa White
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
