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
- November by Walter de la Mare
- Владимир Маяковский – Рабочий, не смотри Антанте в рот… (РОСТА №173)
- Николай Языков – А. С. Дириной
- Sonnet 8: Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly? by William Shakespeare
- Mates
- Self-Care for Creative Artists: 10 Reasons To Care About It
- Sting by Muralidharan Mudaliar
- Sonnet LX by William Shakespeare
- Lyfe by Stevens Cadet
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 44. She Is Far From the Land. Томас Мур.
- June by William Cullen Bryant
- Владимир Солоухин – Вдоль берегов Болгарии прошли мы
- Grace before and after Meat by Robert Burns
- Lovers since Eternity by Preeth Nambiar
- Шекспир – Я не хочу хвалить любовь мою – Сонет 21
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).
