A day without rain is like
a day without sunshine
A few random poems:
- Sonet 44 by William Alexander
- did you die, Ophelia? by Raj Arumugam
- Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath
- A Front Row Seat To Hear Ole Johnny Sing by Shel Silverstein
- Иван Дмитриев – Старик и трое молодых
- Нина Воронель – Предчувствие погрома
- The Epicure
- The Rose and the Cross poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Irish Love Song by Margaret Widdemer
- As Once The Winged Energy Of Delight by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Олег Бундур – На связи
- The Tavern by Willa Cather
- Ode To Sleep by Thomas Warton
- We Astronomers by Rebecca Elson
- Омар Хайям – Если гурия страстно целует в уста
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
- At the Party by W H Auden
- Old People’s Home by W H Auden
- O What Is That Sound by W H Auden
- O Tell Me The Truth About Love by W H Auden
- Nocturne by W H Auden
- A New Age by W H Auden
- Like A Vocation by W H Auden
- Let A Florid Music Praise by W H Auden
- Law, Like Love by W H Auden
- At Last the Secret is Out by W H Auden
- Lady Weeping at the Crossroads by W H Auden
- It’s No Use Raising A Shout by W H Auden
- In the Time of War, XII by W H Auden
- In Praise Of Limestone by W H Auden
- Here War Is Simple by W H Auden
- Give me a doctor by W H Auden
- from The Cave of Making by W H Auden
- from In Time of War by W H Auden
- Friday’s Child by W H Auden
- Friday’s Child by W H Auden
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
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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

Archie Randolph Ammons (1926-2001) was an important American poet, a modern classic, Ammons wrote about our relationship to nature in a way that is both comic and solemn. His poems often address religious and philosophical matters and scenes involving nature in a manner that is almost transcendental.