A poem by Alan Dugan
I know but will not tell
you, Aunt Irene, why there
are soap suds in the whiskey:
Uncle Robert had to have
A drink while shaving.
A few random poems:
- Leaves Compared With Flowers by Robert Frost
- Matrimony by Mike Yuan
- Carpe Diem by William Shakespeare
- STEPPING OUT by Satish Verma
- Владимир Маяковский – Эй
- Вероника Тушнова – Ты любил, и я тебя любила
- Юнна Мориц – Побег
- Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour. by Walt Whitman
- Stony Grey Soil by Patrick Kavanagh
- Владимир Маяковский – Живой труп (РОСТА №182)
- Year that Trembled. by Walt Whitman
- The Babysitters by Sylvia Plath
- Владимир Маяковский – Радуются ли империалисты-победители? (Главполитпросвет №335)
- Why Do All Good Things Come To An End? by Michael Yuan
- Такахама Кёси – Неспешно ступает
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:
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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
Alan Dugan (1923 – 2003) an American poet, a contemporary classic of American poetry.