we had to read the instructions as we sank.
In a hand like carded lace. Not nuclear warheads
on the sea’s floor nor the violet flow over the reactor
will outlive this sorrowful rhyme. Vain halo! My project
becalmed, I’ll find I’ve built a monument
more passing than a breeze. It will cost us,
Pobrecito. We can’t buy a prayer. Did you call
my name or was that the floorboard
wheezing? These memories won’t get any bigger,
will they? I think something is coming that will
vastly improve our quietude. I’m growing
snow crystals from vapor in anticipation and praying
for the velvet-cushioned kneeler that I need to pray.
I made this little sound for you to wait in.
2015, Barely Composed (W. W. Norton & Company)
Copyright ©:
Alice Fulton

A few random poems:
- English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 41. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
- On Certain Ladies poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Songwriting Tip – Structure of a Pop Song
- Fear No More by William Shakespeare
- Duns Scotus’s Oxford poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- His Confidence by William Butler Yeats
- Алексей Ржевский – Как я стал знать взор твой
- Broceliande
- Robert Burns: The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata:
- The Walk by Noel Angelo Hurley
- An Old Man’s Winter Night by Robert Frost
- Robert Burns: Epitaph On John Dove, Innkeeper:
- Folk Singer’s Blues by Shel Silverstein
- Олег Григорьев – На заборе валенки
- Николай Языков – Тригорское
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
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Poems in English
- The Wind In Woone’s Feäce by William Barnes
- The Wind At The Door by William Barnes
- The Widow’s House by William Barnes
- The White Road Up Athirt The Hill by William Barnes
- The Wheel Routs by William Barnes
- The Welshnut Tree by William Barnes
- The Weepen Leady by William Barnes
- The Weather-Beaten Tree by William Barnes
- The Water-Spring In The Leäne by William Barnes
- The Water Crowvoot by William Barnes
- The Waggon A-Stooded by William Barnes
- The Vrost by William Barnes
- The Vier-Zide by William Barnes
- The Veairy Veet That I Do Meet by William Barnes
- The Vaïces That Be Gone by William Barnes
- The Two Churches by William Barnes
- The Turnstile by William Barnes
- The Turn O’ The Days by William Barnes
- The Thorns In The Geäte by William Barnes
- The Stwonen Bwoy Upon The Pillar by William Barnes
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works