You cannot see the walls that divide your hand
From his or hers or mine when you think you touch it.

You cannot see the walls because they are glass,
And glass is nothing until you try to pass it.

Beat on it if you like, but not too hard,
For glass will break you even while you break it.

Shout, and the sound will be broken and driven backwards,
For glass, though clear as water, is deaf as granite.

This fraudulent inhibition is cunning: wise men
Content themselves with breathing patterns on it.

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Poems in English 

• Николай Заболоцкий – Поэт by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Подводный город by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Пир в доме Бомбеева by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Пекарня by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Оттепель by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Осенний клен by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Осеннее утро by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Офорт by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Одиссей и Сирены by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Обводной канал by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Обед by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Новый быт by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Ночное гулянье by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Ночь в лесу by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Неудачник by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Небесная Севилья by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Народный дом by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Начало зимы by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – На закате by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – На рынке by Николай Заболоцкий

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Russian Commerce Agency

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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.

 

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