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:
- Robert Burns: The Farewell To the Brethren of St. James’ Lodge, Tarbolton:
- English Poetry. Robert William Service. My Room. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
- The Meehoo with an Exactlywatt by Shel Silverstein
- Ольга Берггольц – Песня дочери
- Rhyming Reply to a Note from Captain Riddell by Robert Burns
- Elixer Vitæ poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Наум Коржавин – Люди пашут каждый раз опять
- Шекспир – Любовь к себе моим владеет взором – Сонет 62
- Robert Burns: Forlorn, My Love, No Comfort Near:
- O God
- Михаил Кузмин – Запел петух, таинственный предвестник
- Владимир Корнилов – Пророк
- Владимир Маяковский – Приказ по армии искусства
- Владимир Маяковский – Славянский вопрос-то решается просто
- Гавриил Державин – Амур и Психея
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
- A Zong Of Harvest Hwome by William Barnes
- A Wife A-Praïs’d by William Barnes
- A-Haulen O’ The Corn by William Barnes
- A Good Father by William Barnes
- A Bit O’ Fun by William Barnes
- Invictus by William Ernest Henley
- Barmaid by William Ernest Henley
- Ballade of Dead Actors by William Ernest Henley
- Youth And Beauty by William Carlos Williams
- Heel & Toe To The End by William Carlos Williams
- from Book I, Paterson by William Carlos Williams
- Flowers By The Sea by William Carlos Williams
- Dedication For A Plot Of Ground by William Carlos Williams
- Danse Russe by William Carlos Williams
- Complete Destruction by William Carlos Williams
- Complaint by William Carlos Williams
- Children’s Games by William Carlos Williams
- Blizzard by William Carlos Williams
- Berket And The Stars by William Carlos Williams
- Aux Imagistes by William Carlos Williams
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
