was then
by A.C. Zenner
it was…
as yet…
not eaten…
that meal…
which tore…
and drew…
the breath…
of life…
from her…
and all…
she strove…
to be…
to him…
his crust…
too thick…
to cut…
with just…
her meager knife
Copyright ©: A.C. Zenner
A few random poems:
- May 19th – the Young Pioneers Day
- Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 2 by Robert Burns
- Head of a Smiling Young Woman in Three-Quarter View by Raj Arumugam
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- Reverie Zahir U Din
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Памяти Скрябина
- Михаил Кузмин – Вы молчаливо-нежное дитя
- The Island by Milton Acorn
- Repeat That, Repeat poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Robert Burns: Grace After Meat:
- Jazz by Roland Bastien
- Night Ray by Paul Celan
- Владимир Луговской – Ночной патруль
- Владимир Вишневский – Из дневника читателя
- The Shield of Achilles by W. H. Auden
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
More external links (open in a new tab):
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.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
