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:
- A Pity, We Were Such A Good Invention by Yehuda Amichai
- A Song of Enchantment by Walter de la Mare
- Владимир Маяковский – Чье рождество
- Faith and Faiths by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh
- Song—The Birks of Aberfeldy by Robert Burns
- A Cradle Song by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Маяковский – Письмо к любимой Молчанова, брошенной им
- Федор Сваровский – Путешественники во времени. свидетель зиндийского удара
- Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee poem – Zameer Careem poems | Poetry Monster
- Sonnet. The Human Seasons poem – John Keats poems
- To A Friend Whose Work Has Come To Nothing by William Butler Yeats
- Orlando Furioso Canto 20 by Ludovico Ariosto
- Ольга Берггольц – Я так хочу, так верю, так люблю
- I Am Vertical by Sylvia Plath
- Dedication To Malcolm Nicolson
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
- At the Party by W H Auden
- Old People’s Home by W H Auden
- O What Is That Sound by W H Auden
- O Tell Me The Truth About Love by W H Auden
- Nocturne by W H Auden
- A New Age by W H Auden
- Like A Vocation by W H Auden
- Let A Florid Music Praise by W H Auden
- Law, Like Love by W H Auden
- At Last the Secret is Out by W H Auden
- Lady Weeping at the Crossroads by W H Auden
- It’s No Use Raising A Shout by W H Auden
- In the Time of War, XII by W H Auden
- In Praise Of Limestone by W H Auden
- Here War Is Simple by W H Auden
- Give me a doctor by W H Auden
- from The Cave of Making by W H Auden
- from In Time of War by W H Auden
- Friday’s Child by W H Auden
- Friday’s Child by W H Auden
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