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:
- Listen Beloved
- Sonnet 34: Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day by William Shakespeare
- When ‘Omer Smote ‘Is Bloomin’ Lyre by Rudyard Kipling
- still the leaves fall… and dream by Steve Troyanovich
- Юлия Друнина – В манеже
- Ancient History by Siegfried Sassoon
- An Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith
- The Silent Lover ii by Sir Walter Raleigh
- Elegie IV: On The Death of Prince Henrie by William Alexander
- Николай Карамзин – Странные люди
- English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 34. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
- Валерий Брюсов – Из лесной жути
- Eclogue:–A Ghost by William Barnes
- Михаил Кузмин – В гроте Венерином мы горим
- Владимир Высоцкий – Красное, зелёное, жёлтое, лиловое
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
- Transient
- To The Serpent
- To The Nameless Soldier
- The Woman And The Flame
- The Wolf039s Postcript To 039little Red Riding Hood039
- The Riddle
- The Queen
- The Poisoned Present
- The Markets Are Down 2 Amp A Quarter
- The Maharishi And The Baby
- The Immigrant
- The Fallen House
- The Poetry That Is Life
- Take My Hands
- Tablet
- Stroll In A Particle
- Stones
- Spanish Banks
- Somber Song
- Poem65
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
