was then
by A.C. Zenner
it was…
as yet…
not eaten…
that meal…
which tore…
and drew…
the breath…
of life…
from her…
and all…
she strove…
to be…
to him…
his crust…
too thick…
to cut…
with just…
her meager knife
A few random poems:
- The Hero by Rabindranath Tagore
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Метель
- Олег Бундур – Что будет, если
- The Cactus
- City Dead-House, The. by Walt Whitman
- Broceliande
- Николай Языков – А. Н. Вульфу (Мой брат по вольности и хмелю)
- Perseus by Robert Hayden
- There is a Candle in your Heart by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Альфред де Мюссе – Прости
- Robert Burns: Whistle O’er The Lave O’t:
- Николай Гумилев – Когда я был влюблен
- Николай Некрасов – В тоске по юности моей
- Ballade Of True Wisdom poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Рабочий корреспондент
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
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
- The Palace
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