When I was young the silk
of my mind
hard as a peony head
unfurled
and wind bloomed the parachute:
The air-head tugged me
up,
tore my roots loose and drove
high, so high
I want to touch down now
and taste the ground
I want to take in
my silk
and ask where I am
before it is too late to know
A few random poems:
- was_then.html
- Sonnet 3: Look in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewest by William Shakespeare
- Илона Грошева – Ира
- Альфред де Мюссе – Ива (Как придется мне покинуть свет)
- Иннокентий Анненский – Еврипид. Геракл (перевод)
- At the Twilight by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Певец
- “Although no stupid scoffer, I” poem – Alfred Austin
- Владимир Маяковский – Раньше буржуи о производстве думали… (РОСТА №792)
- Robert Burns: Lass Of Cessnock Banks, The:
- Ольга Седакова – В это зыбкое скопленье
- At The Close Of The Canvass poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Высоцкий – День рождения лейтенанта милиции в ресторане “Берлин”
- Epitaphs Translated From Chiabrera by William Wordsworth
- Mother by Sachin Yadav (Pen Name: Rahul Nachhiketa)
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
- Today by Satish Verma
- TIRELESSLY by Satish Verma
- THE WHEELS by Satish Verma
- THE WAX PALACE by Satish Verma
- THE WARS by Satish Verma
- THE MOSAIC by Satish Verma
- The Fall by Satish Verma
- That Is by Satish Verma
- Tall Claims by Satish Verma
- Taking On by Satish Verma
- Taking Off by Satish Verma
- SURVIVAL by Satish Verma
- STUNNED by Satish Verma
- STRIPED NOTHINGS by Satish Verma
- Stray Colors by Satish Verma
- STRANGE HAPPENINGS by Satish Verma
- STONEWASHED by Satish Verma
- STEPPING OUT by Satish Verma
- SOVEREIGNTY by Satish Verma
- Song Of Unquiet Spirit by Satish Verma
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
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.