each time i pare my nail
i feel deeply grateful
for its unselfish readiness
to die in my stead
sparing me the keen sense
of the unbearable pain of growth
out of those parts of me
always younger
more romantic
and much more memorable
spread randomly
like unnoticeable seeds
sown in the spring soil
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Ольга Седакова – Азаровка
- Impromptu on Dumourier’s Desertion of the French Republican Army by Robert Burns
- On The Astrologers (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- Игорь Северянин – Щит-солнце
- Reason Use It Divine Matters
- At Sea by Sara Teasdale
- The Freedom Of Poetry by Ndue Ukaj
- The Future Verdict
- Mummy, mummy who invented school? by Raj Arumugam
- The Folly Of Being Comforted by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Мне были дороги мгновенья
- Nanny’s Cow by William Barnes
- Sonnet 09 poem – John Milton poems
- The Poisoned Present
- Михаил Кузмин – Три раза я его видел лицом к лицу
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
