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:
- He, who was born poem – Aleksandr Blok poems | Poetry Monster
 - Владимир Корнилов – Дом
 - tomorrow is already past… by Steve Troyanovich
 - The Lesson by Roger McGough
 - Владислав Ходасевич – Обо всем в одних стихах не скажешь
 - Confused and Distraught by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
 - In Memory Of Alfred Pollexfen by William Butler Yeats
 - The Jewel Stairs’ Grievance poem – Ezra Pound poems
 - King Stephen poem – John Keats poems
 - So Soon Done! by Luis Estable
 - Leaving and Leaving You by Sophie Hannah
 - Владимир Бенедиктов – О, не играй веселых песен мне
 - The French Army In Russia, 1812-13 by William Wordsworth
 - The Angel Of The Church by William Gilmore Simms
 - Геннадий Айги – БЕЗ НАЗВАНИЯ
 
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
- Алексей Жемчужников – Почему
 - Алексей Жемчужников – Письмо к юноше о ничтожности
 - Алексей Жемчужников – Пауза
 - Алексей Жемчужников – Памятник Пушкину
 - Алексей Жемчужников – Отголосок девятой симфонии Бетховена
 - Алексей Жемчужников – Осенью в швейцарской деревне
 - Алексей Жемчужников – О, жизнь
 - Алексей Хомяков – Русская песня
 - Алексей Хомяков – Ritterspruch – Richterspruch
 - Алексей Хомяков – Раскаявшейся России
 - Алексей Хомяков – Просьба
 - Алексей Толстой – Войдем сюда; здесь меж руин
 - Алексей Толстой – Вновь растворилась дверь
 - Алексей Толстой – Вeсeнние чувства
 - Алексей Толстой – Василий Шибанов
 - Алексей Толстой – В совести искал я долго обвиненья
 - Алексей Толстой – В колокол, мирно дремавший, с налета тяжелая бомба
 - Алексей Толстой – В альбом (Стрелок, на той поляне)
 - Алексей Толстой – Уж ты нива моя, нивушка
 - Алексей Толстой – Уж ласточки, кружась, над крышей щебетали
 
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.