«While digging through a heap of muck, / By chance, a village rooster plucked / A shiny pearl. He looked at it and wondered / "What is the use of it? And why is it so pricey? / This pearl is nothing but a silly bead! / Pearl barley pleases me much more indeed! / Its grains may not have vi...»
«With time, old Monkey's eyes were getting poor; / One day, she heard that Glasses were the cure. / If it was true indeed what people said, / Then her predicament was not so bad! / She got the Glasses — half a dozen frames; / And tried them on in each...»
«Blue, the color of the skies, / Was the first I recognized / Blue, its mystery beguiled / The pure senses of a child. Even now, when I am close / To my infinite repose, / When my final debts are due, / My devotion is to blue. Blue — I see a magic spell / In your eyes — those two ...»
«Some nights, as soon as I lie down, / I'm back in Russia in my dream; / My hands behind my back are bound / They're taking me to the ravine. Then I wake up, and from the chair — / Where my wrist watch always lies — / Its glowing face through darkness stares, / Like a gun muzzle in m...»