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 Степанов – Мышь и кошка
- A Scot To Jeanne D’Arc poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Нина Воронель – Предчувствие погрома
- Hokku Poems in Four Seasons by Yosa Buson
- Олег Григорьев – Я дверь в коридор отворил
- J–K. Huysmans poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Омар Хайям – Мы больше в этот мир вовек не попадем
- William Cullen Bryant – William Cullen Bryant
- Кондратий Рылеев – Луна
- The Busy Indolent by William Somervile
- Анатолий Жигулин – Дальние предки
- The True Use of the Looking-Glass by William Somervile
- Acon and Rhodope by Walter Savage Landor
- For A Picture Of St. Dorothea poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- The Deserted House poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
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
- The Carter by William Barnes
- The Bwoat by William Barnes
- The Brook That Ran By Gramfer’s by William Barnes
- The Bells Ov Alderburnham by William Barnes
- The Bean Vield by William Barnes
- The Beam In Grenley Church by William Barnes
- The Beäten Path by William Barnes
- The Bachelor by William Barnes
- Thatchen O’ The Rick by William Barnes
- Teaken In Apples by William Barnes
- Sweet Music In The Wind by William Barnes
- Sound O’ Water by William Barnes
- A Snowy Night by William Barnes
- Slow To Come, Quick Agone by William Barnes
- Sleep Did Come Wi’ The Dew by William Barnes
- Shrodon Feäir by William Barnes
- Shaftesbury Feäir by William Barnes
- Ruth A-Ridèn by William Barnes
- Rivers Don’t Gi’e Out by William Barnes
- Riden Hwome At Night by William Barnes
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