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:
- Владимир Британишский – Били в армии, в школе, в столице, в селе
- In The Hills Of Shiloh by Shel Silverstein
- Pity For Poor Africans by William Cowper
- O Man by Pawan Kumar
- Song, by a Person of Quality poem – Alexander Pope
- Зинаида Александрова – Гибель Чапаева
- Epigram at Brownhill Inn by Robert Burns
- Cry of the Betrayed Earth by Walter William Safar
- I have been tricked by flying too close by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- The ravings which my enemy uttered I heard within my heart by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- The Phoenix and the Turtle by William Shakespeare
- Кондратий Рылеев – Палей
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Ель и берёза
- Hast Thou A Song For A Flower by William Gilmore Simms
- The rainy Pleiads wester 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
- Songs of Joy by William Henry Davies
- Seeking Beauty by William Henry Davies
- Sadness and Joy by William Henry Davies
- Rich or Poor by William Henry Davies
- Rich Days by William Henry Davies
- No Master by William Henry Davies
- Nell Barnes by William Henry Davies
- Money by William Henry Davies
- Leisure by William Henry Davies
- Laughing Rose by William Henry Davies
- Joy and Pleasure by William Henry Davies
- William Henry Davies – William Henry Davies
- In the Country by William Henry Davies
- In May by William Henry Davies
- Days Too Short by William Henry Davies
- Come, Let Us Find by William Henry Davies
- Charms by William Henry Davies
- April’s Charms by William Henry Davies
- All in June by William Henry Davies
- Ale by William Henry Davies
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