After the frenzied flutter of their nuptial flight,
Termites land on my bathroom floor.
The double wings now slicked back
Trail on the tiles
Like a monarch’s train.
Dionesia from the Bicol Region of the Philippines
Cries: Pieces!
Ma’am, I found three pieces!
Like chocolate or music.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Blind Man’s Buff by William Blake
- English Poetry. Francis Turner Palgrave. A Churchyard in Oxfordshire. Фрэнсис Тернер Палгрев.
- The Bean Vield by William Barnes
- Ольга Седакова – Вечерняя песня
- An Epistle To Joseph Hill, Esq. by William Cowper
- Resolved To Be Loved
- Николай Карамзин – Impromptu графине Р, которой в одной святошной игре досталось быть королевою
- Against Fruition
- Gordon Of Brackley poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Mary’s Song by Sylvia Plath
- The Secret Garden by Rita Dove
- Robert Burns: The True Loyal Natives:
- Олег Чупров – Душа
- Projector by Shreekumar Varma
- Composed By The Side Of Grasmere Lake 1806 by William Wordsworth
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).